Benzoic Acid Lab Report

Abstract
The unknown concentration of benzoic acid used when titrated with standardized 0.1031M NaOH and the solubility was calculated at two different temperatures (20◦C and 30◦C). With the aid of the Van’t Hoff equation, the enthalpy of solution of benzoic acid at those temperatures was determined as 10.82 KJ. This compares well with the value of 10.27KJ found in the literature.
Introduction
Solubility is a chemical property that is measured in terms of the maximum amount of solute dissolved in a solvent at equilibrium. The resulting solution is called saturated solution. For example when a sample of sodium chloride solution in water is heated the behavior of the reaction is endothermic obstructing exothermic behavior. Another relationship that can be said about solubility is that the solubility of a solid substance increases as the temperature increases. The solubility of solutes is dependent on temperature. When a solid dissolves in a liquid, it then changes its physical state (from solid to liquid) by melting. Heat is needed to break the bonds holding the molecules in the solid together and at the same time; heat is given off during the formation of new bonds between solute and solvent.

Results

Table1. Results for titration of benzoic acid with NaOH at 20◦C V(NaOH) ml V(C_6

That caused a new initial reading of NaOH on the burette (see Table1 & 2). The drops were caused because the burette was not tightened enough at the bottom to avoid it from being hard to release the basic solution for titrating the acid. The volume of the acid used for each titration was 25ml. The volume of the solution was then calculated by subtracting the initial volume from the final volume. We then calculated the average volume at each temperature. It was calculated and found that the concentration of benzoic acid was higher at 30℃ (0.0308M) than at 20℃