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Hydrochloric Acid Concentration Calculation

The document outlines a calculation exercise involving the determination of hydrochloric acid concentration in spirits of salts used in the building industry. It details a titration process with sodium hydroxide to find the moles of base used, the concentration of hydrochloric acid in both diluted and original solutions, and the percentage by mass of hydrochloric acid in the undiluted solution. The exercise is structured into parts, each with specific marks allocated for the calculations.

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Hydrochloric Acid Concentration Calculation

The document outlines a calculation exercise involving the determination of hydrochloric acid concentration in spirits of salts used in the building industry. It details a titration process with sodium hydroxide to find the moles of base used, the concentration of hydrochloric acid in both diluted and original solutions, and the percentage by mass of hydrochloric acid in the undiluted solution. The exercise is structured into parts, each with specific marks allocated for the calculations.

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CALCULATION [10 Marks]

1. Spirits of salts is used in the building industry to clean excess mortar from
new brickwork. The active ingredient is hydrochloric acid with a
concentration of around 13 mol L-1. In order to precisely determine the
concentration of hydrochloric acid in some spirits of salts, a chemist takes
a 20.00 mL aliquot and makes this up to 500.0 mL in a volumetric flask.
The diluted spirits of salts is analysed by taking 20.00 mL samples of the
diluted solution and titrating this with 0.4590 mol L -1 sodium hydroxide
solution. An average titre of 21.25 mL of base was obtained for the end
point. Use this information to determine the following:

a) The moles of sodium hydroxide used in the titration.


[2 marks]

b) The concentration of hydrochloric acid in the diluted solution.


[3 marks]

c) The concentration of the hydrochloric acid in the original spirits of


salts.
[2 marks]

d) The percentage of hydrochloric acid by mass in the original undiluted


spirits of salts. Assume the original solution has a density of 1.18 g
mL-1.
[3 marks]

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