After completing this activity, students will be able to:
- Use basic output from an analytical tool (buret) to calibrate that tool.
- Use data to perform error analysis (identify the presence of random and/or systematic errors).
- Standardize a sodium hydroxide (NaOH) solution using titration of potassium hydrogen phthalate (KHP) using a calibrated buret.
- Report the determined concentration of the standardized NaOH solution.
- Communicate (oral and written) scientific concepts related to calibration and standardization.
Chad Kinney, University of Colorado Pueblo (chad.kinney@csupueblo.edu)
