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
- Add 15 drops of [[$\text{HCl}$]] into the solution, one drop at a time.
- Measure the pH of the solution with a slip of pH paper.
- Place the slip on the tissue.
- Add 3 drops of [[$\text{NaOH}$]] into the solution.
- Repeat from step 1 onwards until the pH slips are exhausted.
- 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.