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Titrations Flashcards

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1
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What are the three stages to titration?

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  • Filling the burette
  • Filling the pipette
  • Titration process
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Describe the first stage of titration:

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  • Wash the burette first with water and then acid
  • Fill burette (with X) using a filter funnel on the floor
  • Remove the bubble
  • Remove filter funnel and set meniscus to zero
  • Record intial reading (0.00)
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Describe the second stage of titration:

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  • Put pipette filler onto pipette
  • Expel air from filler and suck up (acid/alkali) to the meniscus
  • put acid/alkali into conical flask on a white tile
  • add 4 drops of phenolphthalein indicator
  • swirl together
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Describe the third stage of titration:

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  • Add acid/alkali to the conical flask from the burette whilst constantly swirling
  • When signs as to a colour change begin, start dripping the acid/alkali into the flask
  • Stop adding acid when there is a colour change
  • Record the final value on the burette
  • Substract the inital value from the final value
  • Repeat the experiment
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5
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What are the names of the values calculated during titrations?

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titre values (final titre-initial titre)

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6
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What is done with the titre values once collected?

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A mean titration value is calculated by ignoring the first titre value and using only those which are concordant (within 0.10 ml of eachother)

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7
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What is the titre?

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Volume of liquid in the burette

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8
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Why is the first titre value never used when calculating a mean?

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To reduce inaccuracy as it is only a rough value

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How do you calculate the moles?

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Concentration x volume

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10
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What is volume measured in?

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dm^3

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How is the concentration calculated in g/dm^3?

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Relative molecular mass x concentration in mol/dm^3

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12
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What is the relationship between titre value and the type of acid?

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Doubling the number of hydrogen ions (in the acid), halves the titre value

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13
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What are the four common errors in titration experiments?

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  • Not swirling the conical flask
  • Not removing the filter funnel before dispensing liquid from burette
  • Not removing the bubble below the tap
  • Paralax error
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14
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Why is not swirling the conical flask an error in titration?

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Because the swirling mixes the hyrogen ions and hydroxide ions to allow the even spread of the reaction otherwise the titre value increases

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15
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Why is not removing the filter funnel an error in titration?

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Because some acid will remain on the funnel and drip into the burette, increasing the titre value.

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Why is not removing the bubble an error in titration?

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Because some acid will be used to fill the bubble, increasing the titre value

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Why is a paralax error an error in titration?

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Readings should be taken at eye level and the burrette should be perpendicuar else the titre value will be skewed.

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18
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What is the type of pipette used in titrations?

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Bulb pipette

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19
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What is the fixed volume of a bulb pipette?

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25.0 cm^3

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20
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What does a mole signify?

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The number of particles present

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21
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What is the maximum volume for a burette?

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50.0 cm^3

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22
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How is uncertainty calculated in a titration?

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Range/2

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23
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What is a salt?

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A compound where a metal ion replaces a hydrogen ion

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24
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What does soluble mean?

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Dissolves in water

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25
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What are the soluble bases?

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  • Group 1 metal hydroxide/oxide/carbonate

- Ammonium hydroxide

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What are the insoluble bases?

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  • Group 2 or 3 hydroxide/oxide/carbonate

- transition metal hydroxides/oxides/carbonates

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27
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What is aqueous ammonia?

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Ammonium hydroxide

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28
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What happens to ammonia in water?

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It reacts to make ammonium hydroxide

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29
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Describe the method by which a neutralisation experiment is carried out to obtain salt crystals:

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  • Measure hydrochoric acid into beaker and gently warm with Bunsen burner
  • remove beaker from heat and add a spatula full of coper oxide to acid and stir until it is in excess
  • pour solution into new beaker through funnel with filter paper to remove excess CuO
  • pour this filtrate into an evaporating basin and place basin on top of a water bath
  • evaporate half the water and check for crystallisation point, using a cold glass stirring rod
  • cool and allow to crystalise. pat crystals dry between two peices of filter paper
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30
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Why is an acid heated before adding the base?

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To increase the solubility of the acid so it is easier for it to dissolve the base

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31
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Why is the base put in excess into the acid?

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So that all of the acid reacts

32
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Why are the reactants stirred?

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So they can mix

33
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Why is the solution filtered?

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To obtain the salt solution (filtrate)

34
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Why is the solution put in an evaporting basin on a water bath?

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To evaporate the water from the salt solution

35
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Why is the crystallisation point checked?

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As the crystallosation point exists when the solution is saturated

36
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What does allowing the evaporated filtrate to cool do?

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Allows crystals to form - slower cooling = larger crystals

37
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Why must sulfuric acid be heated gently?

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  • for safety as it is highly corrosive

- when overheated, sulfur dioxide released would be harmful to lungs if inhaled

38
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What does in excess mean?

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Greater mass of the reactant than is necessary to react completely with the limiting reagent

39
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State the law of the conservation of mass

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No atoms are made or lost during a reaction

40
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What is a redox reaction?

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Acid + Metal = Metal Salt + Hydrogen

41
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What is a neutralisation reaction?

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Acid + Alkali = Salt + Water

42
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Why is a pipette used in a titration?

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As it delivers a fixed volume of liquid

43
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Why is a burette used in a titration?

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As it delivers a variable volume (ranges 0.05 to 50 cm^3)

44
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Why is a conical flask used in a titration?

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It is used whilst swirling liquid to avoid spills

45
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Why must an indicator like universal indicator not be used in a titration?

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As universal indicator gives a gradual colour change and the indicator in a titration must give a sharp colour change

46
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What colour is methyl orange in acid? Alkali?

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Acid-orange

Alkali-yellow

47
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What colour is phenolphthalein in acid? Alkali?

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Acid- colourless

Alkali - purple

48
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Define strong acid:

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completely ionises when in an aqueous solution

49
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Define weak acid:

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partially ionises when in an aqueous solution

50
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Define concentrated:

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a large number of particles per unit volume

51
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Define dilute:

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A small number of particles per unit volume

52
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What is a base?

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A proton acceptor

53
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What is an acid?

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A proton donor

54
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What is a strong base?

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A base which completely ionises in an aqueous solution

55
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What is a weak base?

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A base which partially ionises in an aqueous solution

56
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Why is the maximum temperature increase higher when a more concentrated solution is used compared to the same overall moles at a slower addition rate?

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Because the number of moles reacting is the same but the total volume is less

57
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After a substance is added in excess, why does the temperature of the reaction decrease?

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Because the cool/cooler substance absorbs energy and lowers the temperature

58
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Why would the alkali be added in excess in a neutralisation reaction?

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To ensure all the acid is used up

59
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What are reasons as to why the yield of a reaction isn’t 100%?

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  • reaction does not go to completion
  • competing reactions which could be unexpected
  • loss of material when transferring products or separating them
  • reaction is reversible
60
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How are salt crystals obtained from a solution?

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  • evaporate half the water

- leave to crystallise

61
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What is the empirical formula?

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The simplest whole number ratio of the elements in a compound

62
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What is the molecular formula?

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The total numbr of elements in a compound

63
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Why is low atom economy not usually profitable?

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  • means more raw materials are needed which may be more expensive
  • inefficient way of using raw materials which can be non-renewable
  • reactions produce more waste which can be expensive to get rid of
64
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What can be done to increase the profitablity of low atom economy?

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selling the waste/bi products of the reaction

65
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What do high atom economy reactions tend to be ? Explain this

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Sustainable - they use up as little of the earth’s resources as possible and put as few chemicals into the envirnoment

66
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What is the theoretical yield?

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The maximum mass of a product you would get if all the reactants form the desired products and none of the products are lost

67
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How do you calculate moles of anything?

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mass/Mr

68
Q

How do you calculate the moles of a gas?

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voulme/24

69
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What does mass equal?

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Mr x mol

70
Q

What is the law to do with gases in equal amounts?

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Equal amounts (in moles) of gases occupy the same volume under the same conditions of temperature and pressure

71
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What is the volume of one mole of any gas at room temperature and pressure?

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24 dm^3

72
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What is relative formula mass?

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the sum of all the relative atomic masses of all the atoms in the compound

73
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How is the uncertainty of a measurement reduced?

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By repeating it and calculating a mean

74
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What is the limiting reactant?

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the reactant that is completely used up in the reaction

75
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Why do the products after heating a metal have a greater mass than that of the initial metal?

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  • one or more of the reactants is a gas
  • all the products are solids, liquids or aqeuous
  • particles in a gas move around and fill the space they are in
  • so before the reaction, gas is floating in the air but does not add to the mass of the metal
  • when the gas reacts to form part of the product, the particles become contained inside the reaction vessel so the total mass of the reaction vessel increases
76
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Define acid:

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Something which produces hydrogen ions in an aqeous solution

77
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What is the advantage of a burette?

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It can deliver a variable volume of a liquid

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