Sciencemadness Discussion Board

titration and relative formula mass

fermion - 2-12-2004 at 10:46

How can a titration be used to determine the realtive formula mass of an acid salt?

neutrino - 2-12-2004 at 14:06

Via titration, you can figure out how many moles of protons are in a given sample. If you know how many moles of protons there are per mole of acid, you can easily find the atomic mass.

Betty Ford - 2-12-2004 at 16:37

Dont they call this a back titration?

The_Davster - 2-12-2004 at 17:05

No, back titration is when at the endpoint of a titration the last drop in the pipette is blown out into the flask. If the indicator does not change back to the origional color then the endpoint of the titration has been overshot. If it changes color you have titrated sucessfully.

fermion - 3-12-2004 at 05:49

Thanks, but I am more confused about the reactions of acid salts with bases.