Titrations Flashcards
What is a titration
Lab method used for quan analysis
Why titration
Determine unidentified concentrations of known analyte
Volumetric analysis
Volume measurement
Titrant
Slow addition of one solution of known concentration
Why in pharmacy
Content analysis of active ingredients/ drugs and raw materials can be performed easily quickly reproducible and accurate
Pharmaceutical applications
Pharm compounds are weak acids/bases that can be analysed by aqueous/ non aqueous titration
Eg salicylic acid/ caffeine
Amino acids
Assay of drugs- weak chromophore
Karl fischer titration
Find water content
Based on oxidation reaction of iodine and sulphur
Endpoint when all water used up
Volumetric titration
Suitable to determine water content down to 1 %
End point potentiometrically
Coulometric determination
Endpoint detected electrochemically
How do pharm use titration
Determine unknown of chem in blood and urine
Development of new pharmaceutical
Determine fat content water and vitamins
Titrant
Reagent of known standard concentration added ro solution containing analyte
We measure its volume
(In the burrette)
Analyte
Solution of unknown
In beaker
Role of Indicator
Added to analyte solution to indicate end point by change in colour
Equivalence point
Mixture with stoichiometrically equivalent amount of titrant and analyte
End point
Point in titration when we stop adding titrant
Titration error
Error due to difference between end point and the equivalence
Acid base titration
Acidic or basic titrant reacts with an analyts thats is a base or an acid
Complexometric titration
Metal/ligand reaction
Redox titrations
Oxidising or reducing titrants reacts with an analyte
Precipitation titration
Titrant reacts with an analyte to form a precipitate