Aspirin Titration Lab Report Submission
Aspirin Titration Lab Report Submission
WEEK OF EXPERIMENT 2
DATE OF EXPERIMENT 2/04/2021
DATE OF SUBMISSION 17/05/2021
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LABORATORY REPORT EVALUATION FORM
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1.0 Abstract 2
2.0 Introduction 3
6.0 Appendix 11
References 14
TABLE OF FIGURE
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1.0. ABSTRACT
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2.0. INTRODUCTION
2.1. Principles
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Many reactions follows an unfavourable equilibria or are slow under direct
titration. However, aspirin is a weak acid that undergoes slow hydrolysis i.e., each
aspirin molecule reacts with two hydroxide ions. To tackle this issue excess amount
of base which in this case is ethanol is added to the sample solution and titrated
against NaOH to determine the amount of unreacted base. To determine the amount
of acetylsalicylic acid in the particular sample, precise volume as well as the
concentration of the NaOH has to be known. The equivalence point is often marked
by an indicator, a substance that changes colour at the equivalence point (Harris,
2007). The point in the titration where enough of the titrant has been added to react
exactly with the analyte is called the equivalence point, and occurs when moles of
titrant equals moles of analyte according to the balanced equation as shown in the
figure 2.2.
Titration is an analytical technique that is widely used in many chemical industries to:
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Titration has for many years been widely used in the pharmaceutical industry
to determine the strength of small-molecule active pharmaceutical ingredients
(APIs), intermediates, and raw materials.
Titration is used to determine the extent of contamination in the natural
rainwater or snow.
Titration is used to determine the magnitude of contamination and the
requirements that should be put in place in terms of filtering and cleaning the
water.
Titration is largely used to determine the acidity of orange juice.
Titration determines the kind of base suitable for a cosmetic, for example,
coconut oil.
Titration is important when measuring the pH and acidity of the initial milk being
used to make the cheese.
Advantages Disadvantages
Generally cheap, requiring Uses large quantities of
less equipment. the substance being
Does not require a high analysed.
level of skill. Only requires liquid phase
Can often be done rapidly. reaction to occur.
Immediately available. Limited accuracy.
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3.0. MATERIAL & METHOD
3.1. Material and Apparatus
The material and apparatus used in order to obtain the percentage purity of aspirin in
laboratory scale are given in the table 3.1 below.
Table 3.1: Apparatus and material used for the synthesis of aspirin.
APPARATUS MATERIAL
1. Obtain and prepare a burette for titration by washing and conditioning it with
titrant solution (NaOH). Fill the buret, eliminate air bubbles, and have your
instructor check for air bubble before starting your first titration.
2. Prepare 0.1M of NaOH by adding 4g of NaOH dissolved in 1000 cm 3 of
ethanol or 0.4g of NaOH in 100 cm3 of ethanol.
3. Record the initial burette reading to the correct number of decimal places,
where NaOH should not exceed more than 50ml.
4. Take a folded weigh-paper, and place it on a balance pan to note the weight
and add on ASA to the paper. Use a metal spatula to transfer a small amount
of ASA to the paper, and then return the paper to the balance.
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5. Record the mass, and transfer the ASA to the flask, rinsing the paper with
distilled water to ensure complete transfer. Dissolve the aspirin in 120 cm3
of Ethanol.
6. The weight of all three aspirin taken were noted to be 0.17g for standard,
0.15g for sample aspirin and 0.2g for crude aspirin.
7. The solution is to be titrated slowly in the presence of NaOH, into the flask
containing the acid, while swirling the flask. Continue adding the NaOH
solution dropwise, swirling the flask constantly to ensure full mixing.
Gradually slower the addition of NaOH, while continuing to swirl the flask
and wash down the walls of the flask.
8. Stop the titration when the addition of a single drop of NaOH changes the
colour of the solution to a light pink, indicating that you have reached the
endpoint.
9. Record the final burette reading on the data table.
10. Titration should be repeated for 3 times to obtain more accurate results and
calculate and report the percent purity of your aspirin sample.
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4.0. RESULT AND DISCUSSION
In this experiment the primary standard used will be Acetyl Salicylic Acid with
chemical formula HC9H7O4, which is abbreviated as ASA that is used to standardize
the sodium hydroxide solution. The balanced chemical equation for the reaction is
shown below in equation 4.1 and figure 4.1.
HC9H7O4 (aq) + NaOH (aq) NaC9H7O4 (aq) + H2O (l) ---------- Eq (4.1)
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The calculation obtained from both the actual yield and the theoretical yield can
be used to determine the purity of aspirin where, the following equation 4.2 is used to
calculate the purity percentage of Aspirin.
𝐴𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑦𝑖𝑒𝑙𝑑
𝑃𝑒𝑟𝑐𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝑃𝑢𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑦 (%) = 𝑥 100% ---- Eq (4.2)
𝑇ℎ𝑒𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑌𝑖𝑒𝑙𝑑
The table 4.1 below shows the measured and calculated values for all the three
samples and the percentage purity of each sample taken and determined through
titration against NaOH. The calculation is shown in detailed in the Appendix of the
report. Assuming the aspirin is not contaminated with other acids, the titration allows
you to quantitatively determine the purity of your aspirin.
After the determination of the purity of aspirin it shows that the standard aspirin
has the highest purity of 56.25%, following with a purity of 13.0% for sample aspirin
and 8.964% for crude aspirin. These results shows that the standard aspirin is
considered to be the purest containing larger amount of acetylsalicylic acid (ASA). The
sample and crude shows that there is very less amount of acetyl salicylic acid present
in the solution and the purity is low that could be due to several factors. Some of the
error consideration can be due to the molarity of the NaOH solution to be not accurate
due to weighing of pellets and error in scaling.
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On another hand, the purity of aspirin can be less due to the presence of
contaminates in the mixing vessel as well as exposure to the open environment. Other
possible error can be due to the result of spilling that resulted in discarding some useful
product. The experiment was carried out on a small scale therefore, a small
contamination of spillage could possibly show a tremendous effect of the percentage
purity of the product (Miller, 2014). Other common titration errors can be due to the
presence of gas bubbles that results in inaccurate reading.
There can be certain improvements in the process, one is to magnify the scale
of the experiment to give room for small contamination and dust particles. Another
improvement can be implemented by the use of clean equipment and ventilated
laboratory setup and reducing the amount of transfers from one apparatus to another.
In addition, rinsing the filter crucible then transferring the product from the beaker back
to the filter crucible. It may be possible to simply leave the product in the crucible and
rinse it directly after squeezing the excess liquid out, thus reducing the amount of lost
product due to transfers. The direction of error caused by incomplete reactions is
consistent with the result of a lower measured value of the standard acetylsalicylic
acid compared to the value listed on the chemical label.
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5.0. CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
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6.0. APPENDIX
STANDARD ASPIRIN
Theoretical Calculation
Actual Calculation
NaOH: Aspirin
M1V1: M2V2
0.1 x 0.`9 = M2 x 20
1000
M2 = 0.0045 = n x = 0.00054 mol
120
0.0972
% purity = 𝑥 100% = 56.25%
0.1728
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SAMPLE ASPIRIN
Theoretical Calculation
Actual Calculation
NaOH: Aspirin
M1V1: M2V2
0.1 x 18.2 = M2 x 20
1000
M2 = 0.091 = n x = 0.01092 mol
120
1.9656
% purity = 𝑥 100% = 13.10 %
0.15
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CRUDE ASPIRIN
Theoretical Calculation
Actual Calculation
NaOH: Aspirin
M1V1: M2V2
0.1 x 16.6 = M2 x 20
1000
M2 = 0.083 = n x = 0.00996 mol
120
1.7928
% purity = 𝑥 100% = 8.964 %
0.2
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REFERENCE
D.C. Harris (2007). Quantitative Chemical Analysis. 7th ed., W. H. Freeman, NY. p.
121-122. Retrieved from:
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