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Titrations - working out the concentration

hi im stuck on this titration

When a solution of HCL is titrated against 0.9M NaOH, 23cm^3 of the HCL was needed to neutralise 25cm3 of the alkali.

NaOH + HCL -> NaCl + H20

i've woked out the number of moles of alkali used is 2.25 X 10 ^-2 moles,
and the number of moles of acid used is 2.25 X 10 ^-2 moles, and the concentration of the acid in mol dm^-3 to be 0.978 mol dm^-3, but i dont know how to work out the concentration of the acid in g dm^-3

please help :biggrin:
Reply 1
use n=v x c..
just reaarange it so the concentration is the subject of the formula..:smile:
..i think! :wink:
teaspoon
hi im stuck on this titration

When a solution of HCL is titrated against 0.9M NaOH, 23cm^3 of the HCL was needed to neutralise 25cm3 of the alkali.

NaOH + HCL -> NaCl + H20

i've woked out the number of moles of alkali used is 2.25 X 10 ^-2 moles,
and the number of moles of acid used is 2.25 X 10 ^-2 moles, and the concentration of the acid in mol dm^-3 to be 0.978 mol dm^-3, but i dont know how to work out the concentration of the acid in g dm^-3

please help :biggrin:

Multiply the Concentration of the acid (in moldm^-3) by Relative Molecular Mass of the acid.
Reply 3
aah right, so maybe my way wasnt so right then!:rolleyes:
Reply 4
multiplying by the RMM of HCL worked

one more question

Calculate the molarity of the first named solution
25cm^3 of H(subscript x)A react with 25cm^3 of 0.2mol dm^-3 to give Na(subscript 2)A
teaspoon
multiplying by the RMM of HCL worked

one more question

Calculate the molarity of the first named solution
25cm^3 of H(subscript x)A react with 25cm^3 of 0.2mol dm^-3 to give Na(subscript 2)A

HxA + 2NaOH ---> Na2A + 2H2O
Moles of NaOH = Conc * Volume = 0.2 * 25/1000 = 0.005
Ratio of NaOH to HxA is 2:1
Moles of HxA = 0.005/2 = 0.0025
Conc of HxA = Moles/Volume = 0.0025/(25/1000) = 0.1M
Reply 6
mc_watson87
HxA + 2NaOH ---> Na2A + 2H2O
Moles of NaOH = Conc * Volume = 0.2 * 25/1000 = 0.005
Ratio of NaOH to HxA is 2:1
Moles of HxA = 0.005/2 = 0.0025
Conc of HxA = Moles/Volume = 0.0025/(25/1000) = 0.1M


thanks but i was only unsure what the "x" meant, in equations do you have to balance the whole equation or the reaction ratios wont be corredt?