Measuring buffering ability

Equipment:
  • 100 ml beaker
    • 20 ml of milk
    • 3 drops of BTB
  • 1 bottle of [[$\text{HCl(aq)}$]]
  • 1 bottle of [[$\text{NaOH(aq)}$]]
  • 10 slips of pH paper
  • 1 tissue
Instructions:
  1. Add 15 drops of [[$\text{HCl}$]] into the solution, one drop at a time.
  2. Measure the pH of the solution with a slip of pH paper.
  3. Place the slip on the tissue.
  4. Add 3 drops of [[$\text{NaOH}$]] into the solution.
  5. Repeat from step 1 onwards until the pH slips are exhausted.
  6. Plot the pH changes as a diagram.
    • horizontal: drops of [[$\text{NaOH}$]]
    • vertical: pH of solution
    • With a trendline, find the amount of [[$\text{NaOH}$]] drops needed for pH 7.