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An investigation to find out how much acid there is in a solution
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An investigation to find out how much acid there is in a solution Aim: My aim is to find out the concentration of sulphuric acid by performing a titration to work out the concentration of the sulphuric acid. Background reading: Acids in water solutions exhibit the following common properties: they taste sour; turn litmus paper red; and react with certain metals, such as zinc, to yield hydrogen gas. Bases in water solutions exhibit these common properties: they taste bitter; turn litmus paper blue; and feel slippery. When an aqueous solution of acid is reacted with an aqueous solution of base, water and a salt are formed; this process, called neutralization, is complete only if the resulting solution has neither acidic nor basic properties. There are three theories that identify a singular characteristic, which defines an acid and a base: the Arrhenius theory, the Brönsted-Lowry (or proton donor theory) and the Lewis...
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