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DO NOT WRITE ON THIS LAB!!!! LAB # ________

Lab Instructions – My Tummy Hurts

Background: Your stomach is an amazing organ! The stomach begins the digestive process by secreting a very strong/concentrated Hydrochloric Acid with a pH of about 2. The inside of your stomach is normally protected from the strong HCl by a coating of mucous, but sometimes your stomach produces too much acid (like with you eat too much spicy food, or you are very stressed) that can eat through the mucous coating and actually start to digest your stomach lining. This hurts and burns causing “heartburn”, stomach aches, and in the worst cases a sore or ulcer forms. A quick relief for excess stomach acid is to tae an antacid. Antacids are really just bases (pH>7) that will react with and neutralize the acid (pH 7)?

B. The clear color in your “stomach” flask tells you the stomach liquid still has acid in it and the pH

is less than 7. The antacid did NOT neutralize the entire 50 ml of HCl stomach acid. You still

can’t tell if your antacid worked great (like the drawing below).

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Or not so great (like the drawing below).

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C. To find out exactly how well your antacid worked you are going to use a buret to add Na(OH)

base to you “stomach” flask. A buret is like a large, expensive pipette on a stand that measures

very accurately. The laboratory method you are going to use is called a titration. A titration is

when you find the unknown concentration of one liquid called a Titration. A titration is when

you find the unknown concentration of one liquid (the amount of HCl left in the “stomach”) by

adding another liquid (Na(OH) base) to it until a color change occurs.

D. Carefully move a buret to your table. Make sure the valve is in the OFF position so liquid will

not come out the end (see Sketch A). You should also make sure there is a funnel in the top of

your buret.

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E. Carefully bring a beaker of Na(OH) base to your table. Use the funnel to help you carefully fill

the buret (from the top) with Na(OH) base, however, don’t try to fill it too fast or it will

overflow. You do not need to fill the buret to the 0 ml line. Anywhere close to, but below, the

0 ml line is fine. NEVER FILL THE BURET WITH THE STOMACH ACID/ANTACID

MIXTURE OR IT WILL CLOG THE BURET!

F. Notice the lines on the side of the buret. The numbered lines are milliliters (ml) and the lines in

between are tenths of a milliliter. These numbers tell you how many ml of liquid you have

released from the buret – NOT how many ml of liquid are in the buret. Also notice that the top

level of the Na(OH) in the buret tube dips down in the middle. When reading the volume of a

liquid you should read from the bottom of this curve (see Sketch A).

G. Place the beaker of Na(OH) beneath the tip of the buret. Make sure it is positioned to catch liquid

as it escapes. Turn the valve to the ON position (see Sketch A) and let a few ml of Na(OH)

escape from the tip of the buret into the Na(OH) beaker. This will remove any air from the buret

tip. Notice that you can adjust the valve so that Na(OH) come out of the tip in slow drips if

needed.

H. Turn the valve to the OFF position and move the beaker of Na(OH) out of your way. Place your

“stomach” flask beneath the tip of the buret. It’s time to titrate and find out how much HCl acid

remains in your “stomach”!

I. Look at the buret and determine the EXACT ml reading of Na(OH) in the tube (remember, you

do not need to begin at 0 ml). This number is your Initial Na(OH) Reading. Record this reading

in Table 2.

J. Add a small amount (1 – 2 ml) of Na(OH) from the buret to your “stomach” flask, then gently

swirl the flask. BE CAREFUL NOT TO BANG THE GLASS TIP OF THE BURET – IT

BREAKS! The 1 – 2 ml of Na(OH) you just added will neutralize 1 – 2 ml of the HCl remaining

in your “stomach” flask. Your goal is to neutralize ALL the remaining acid so you will know

how much was there. Remember, the phenolphthalein you added to the “stomach” flask will turn

pink the second all the acid is neutralized and the pH reaches 7. Continue to slowly add Na(OH)

to the “stomach” flask until it turn pink and stays a light pink color for at least 15 seconds. All

the acid is now neutralized!!

K. Look at the buret and determine the EXACT ml reading of Na(OH) in the tube. This number is

your Final Na(OH) Reading. Record this reading in Table 2.

L. Calculate the Total Na(OH) Volume you used to neutralize the remaining “stomach” acid by

using the following formula:

Example: Your Initial Na(OH) Reading was 3.2 ml and after neutralizing all the HCl your Final

Na(OH) Reading was 28.6 ml. The Total Na(OH) Volume used was 28.6 ml – 3.2 ml

= 25.4 ml

M. Pour the neutralized “stomach” acid down the sink and rinse out the “stomach” flask.

Part 4 – More Antacids!

A. Repeat the titration process using a SECOND antacid of your choice. Ad more Na(OH) to the

buret before beginning if needed, and don’t forget to add phenolphthalein to your “stomach”

flask! Record all data in Table 2.

B. Repeat the titration process using a THIRD antacid of your choice. Record all data in Table 2.

C. Look at the data you recorded in Table 2. You should now have a rough idea about which of the

antacids you tested neutralized the most stomach acid. After completing Part 5 you will know for

sure which of the antacids is the best!

D. When you have completed all your tests you should clean and return all your equipment. Your

supervisor will tell you what to do with the buret.

Part 5 – Calculating How Well Your Antacids Worked

A. Look at the pictures below to understand how titrating with Na(OH) helped you determine the

amount of stomach acid each antacid neutralized.

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B. You began each experiment with 50 ml of hydrochloric acid (HCl) in your “stomach”. How

many ml of this acid did each antacid table neutralize? Calculate by using this formula:

Record this calculation for each antacid in Table 2.

C. It really isn’t fair to compare one antacid tablet to another because some tablet brands may work

better simply because they are much larger than the others. To make fair comparisons you should

calculate how much stomach acid can be neutralized by ONE GRAM of each antacid. Calculate

by using this formula:

D. Do you pay for what you get? Do expensive antacid tables neutralize more acid than cheaper

brands? To answer these questions you must calculate how much stomach acid can be

neutralized by a single penny’s worth of each antacid. Calculate by using this formula:

Your teacher will supply you with the cost of antacid tablets. Record your calculations in Table

2.

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Final Na(OH) Reading – Initial Na(OH) Reading = Total Na(OH) Volume used

ml of stomach acid 50 ml of acid total Na(OH) volume used during

neutralized by the entire = to begin with = titration to neutralize the remaining

antacid table acid

ml of stomach acid neutralized = ml of stomach acid neutralized by the entire tablet

neutralized by 1 gram of antacid weight (grams) of the powdered antacid tablet

ml of stomach acid neutralized = ml of stomach acid neutralized by the entire tablet

by 1 gram of antacid weight (grams) of the powdered antacid table

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