Acids & Bases
What You’ll Learn
An acid-base titration is a quantitative analytical technique used to determine the concentration of an acid or base in a solution by reacting it with a standard solution of known concentration. It involves slowly adding the titrant (standard solution) to the analyte (unknown solution) until the reaction reaches the equivalence point, which is detected using an acid-base indicator that changes color. The volume of titrant required to reach the equivalence point is used to calculate the concentration of the analyte based on the balanced chemical equation. Titration curves can be plotted to visualize the pH changes during the titration and identify the equivalence point.