Finding the Titration Endpoint: Using a Built-In Software Application

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The Chemical Educator

ISSN: 1430-4171 (electronic version)

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Abstract Volume 9 Issue 1 (2004) pp 42-45

Finding the Titration Endpoint: Using a Built-In Software Application

Alan L. Soli

Department of Chemistry, Eckerd College, 4200 54th Avenue S., St. Petersburg, FL 33711, solial@eckerd.edu
Received October 1, 2003. Accepted October 10, 2003.

Published online: 9 January 2004

Abstract. Software specifically designed for graphing, such as SigmaPlot (SPSS Science), has built-in mathematical applications for data analysis, which are particularly useful for quickly and precisely determining the value of the endpoints of titrations together with estimates of their precision.

Key Words: Computers in Chemistry; analytical chemistry; general chemistry; graphing; quant; quantitative analysis; pH; acid base; end point; equivalence point

(*) Corresponding author. (E-mail: solial@eckerd.edu)

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