English in chemistry 1 – 2017
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Lesson
7.
SOLUTIONS
7.1 Listening: Standard solutions
Complete the paragraph by filling the blanks
In this video, we are going to learn three things about standard solutions.
- What are they?
- How do you make one?
- Why?
Firstly, a standard solution is a solution of an accurately known
…(1)…. Secondly, if you
prepare a standard solution, there are few steps you have to follow. Before you make up a
standard solution, you should always
…(2)… out your volumetric flask with distilled water.
This is to remove any contaminants.
- Step A: You have to dissolve an accurately known mass of solute in a beaker. You
usually use two decimal balance to archive it.
- Step B: You have to make sure that the mass is fully
…(3)…. Can you think why? Pause
the video and continue when ready. You have to make sure that the mass is fully dissolved.
Otherwise, its concentration will be incorrect. Did you get it right?
- Step C: You have to transfer the solution from the
…(4)… to a volumetric flask. You
use a volumetric flask to measure the exact volume of water
required for a standard
solution. You have to add the distilled water into the volumetric
…(5)… until it reaches the
neck, gently swirling.
- Step D: The last few drops of water have to be added
…(6)…. So you use a pipette
and place the neck of the flask in front of a white tile at eye level. The water
line appears
curved. When the
…(7)… of the curve, called the meniscus, rests on the line marked on the
neck of the volumetric flask, you have made your standard solution of accurate volume and
a
…(8)… concentration. You should invert it a couple of time at this point, just to make
sure it is thoroughly mixed. Do not be tempted to top-up the water again.
What do you think might happen if you were to add water past this mark?
Pause the video
and continue when ready. The answer is the
…(9)… solution would not be at the right
concentration. It would be more dilute than you expected it to be.
And the experiment
completed with a solution like this would cause your result to be incorrect.
English in chemistry 1 – 2017
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You may wonder why bother to go to this trouble to make a standard solution and what
it is used for? The answer is that having a
…(10)… where the
concentration is accurately
known allows you to do something called titration and calculate the concentration of an
unknown solution.
Here’s a challenge. Can you remember what a standard solution is and why it might be
useful? Pause
the video and recap your idea, continue when ready.
In summary, a standard solution is a solution of an accurately
…(11)… concentration and it
can be used to find the concentration of an unknown solution in an experiment called a
titration.
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