i am joas who wants to know why a person does not reach an end point in a titration because s/he used tap water instead of distilled water,can anyone answer it with a length of about two pages.
2006-08-02 05:06:32 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
Tap water contains many additives which will hinder the titration process. It contains added minerals, chemicals, and metals. These will throw off the acid/base concentrations. And so obviously distilled water does not have these additives in them so it can easily reach the end point of titration.
2006-08-02 05:30:59 · answer #1 · answered by BeC 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Using distilled water is an important factor of a titration. Giving that 99% of the water coming from unfilterd taps contains some other element or compound, it is important that you gives these elements time to pdisolve completely leaving no trace.
2006-08-02 05:12:59 · answer #2 · answered by Earl Morton 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
think about what is in tap water thats not there in distilled and you'll have your answer. its all about the counterions, but i'm not doing your homework for you.
2006-08-02 05:30:44 · answer #3 · answered by shiara_blade 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no
2006-08-02 05:09:50 · answer #4 · answered by prune 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋