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Chemistry (CP)

Module 1 · Text Lab Safety
Module 2 · Text The Scientific Method
Module 3 · Media Law Vs. Theory
Module 4 · Media Accuracy Vs. Precision
Module 5 · Text Sig-Figs and Scientific Notation
Module 6 · Text Matter
Module 7 · Text Displacement
Module 8 · Text Density
Module 9 · Text SI Units
Module 10 · Media Dimensional Analysis
Module 11 · Media The Periodic Table
Module 12 · Text Isotopes
Module 13 · Text Nuclear Reactions
Module 14 · Text Nuclear Fission and Fusion
Module 15 · Text Chemical Vs. Nuclear Reaction
Module 16 · Text Electron Shells
Module 17 · Text Ions
Module 18 · Text Solubility and Conductivity
Module 19 · Media Types of Bonding
Module 20 · Text Chemical Formulas
Module 21 · Text Functional Groups
Module 22 · Text Electron Domains
Module 23 · Text Polarity
Module 24 · Text Chemical Equations
Module 25 · Text Physical Vs. Chemical Change
Module 26 · Text Types of Reactions
Module 27 · Text Moles
Module 28 · Text Solubility and Molarity
Module 29 · Media Miracle Moles
Module 30 · Text Acids and Bases
Module 31 · Media pH and pOH
Module 32 · Text Dilutions
Module 33 · Text Neutralization Reactions and Titrations You are here
Module 34 · Text Mol Ratios
Module 35 · Media Stoichiometry
Module 36 · Text Endothermic and Exothermic Energy Transfer
Module 37 · Text Specific Heat
Module 38 · Media Heating and Cooling Curves and Phase Change
Module 39 · Text Gas Laws and Kinetic Molecular Frequency.

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Module 33 of 39 · Text

Neutralization Reactions and Titrations

Enyx Jiang

Neutralization Reactions and Titrations

Neutralization:

A neutralization reaction between an acid and a base in aqueous solution produces an ionic compound (generically referred to as a salt) and water. It can be described as a double exchange reaction in which the two compounds exchange cations. The pH of the product approaches 7. This is because the H⁺ and OH⁻ ions are being converted into water molecules. As their concentrations decrease, the pH will move closer to 7.

Titrations:

A titration is a procedure in which a neutralization reaction is monitored with an indicator (such as phenolphthalein) allowing you to calculate the unknown concentration of an acid or base

If the solution is acidic, a standard base solution is added until it is neutralized and vice versa.

The end point is indicated by a color change and is when the number of H⁺ ions is equivalent to the number of OH⁻ ions. Calculations are based off of the following formula

(Volume of acid)(Molarity of H⁺) = (volume of base)(Molarity of OH⁻)