Colour maps of acid–base titrations with colour indicators: how to choose the appropriate indicator and how to estimate the systematic titration errors
Tóm tắt
To recognise the end point of acid–base titrations, colour indicators are still frequently used. Colour indicators can cause systematic errors, and the theoretical evaluation of these errors is given in many textbooks. Random errors caused by the transition range of an indicator can also be estimated with the help of pH-logc
i diagrams. However, very often, undergraduate students have problems to correctly interpret the colours of the different species of an indicator (its acidic and alkaline forms) and colour changes during titration. Frequent questions are of the type: “Is it still blue, or is it already red?” The aim of the present text is to show how carefully a suitable colour indicator has to be chosen, and what colour changes happen at the inflection point of a titration. Typical acid–base titrations like the alkalimetry of hydrochloric acid, sulphuric acid, oxalic acid, and the acidimetry of borax at two concentration levels using eleven common colour indicators are compared with potentiometric end point determination. Photographs were taken of solutions containing the indicators during the course of titration, i.e., at different pH values. These photographs were used to prepare a colour map for each indicator. Such colour maps are very helpful to find the most suitable indicator for a certain reaction, and also to estimate the maximum accuracy.
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