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Sunday, April 12, 2020

Advantages and disadvantages of volumetric titration

Titration is a method used to determine the concentration of an unknown sample solution by a recognized concentration of solute. The titrimetric method includes three types such as volumetric method, gravimetric titrimetry, and coulometric titrimetry. The volumetric titration used to determine the volume of solution with the known concentration involving quantitative reaction with a substance solution to be analyzed.
The advantages of volumetric titration are as follows.
  • The major advantage of volumetric titration is that it is a simple and cost-effective method.
  • Volumetric titration is not sophisticated, so skill is not required to handle it
  • The volumetric titration is rapid and gives accurate results.
  • It is a simple method compared to other types of titration.
  • The reaction can identify visually at equilibrium or endpoint.
The disadvantages of volumetric titration are as follows.
  • Certain factors such as pH, temperature, and humidity may affect the titration results, as this is an open system.
  • Human error may occur during processing and may affect accuracy.
  • It requires an indicator for the reactions to occur.
  • The major disadvantage of volumetric titration is that this can produce large volumes of chemical waste and that needs to be disposed of it.
  • It requires reactions occurring in a liquid phase.

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