Titrations are one of the traditional techniques covered in analytical chemistry laboratories.  For a home laboratory, the cost of purchasing traditional glassware needed to carry out titrations can be relatively high.  Furthermore, the use of glass introduces a safety concern.  This talk covers the use of plastic needle nose bottles, microbalances, and water bottles for carrying out titrations in the home laboratory.  In addition to being safer and relatively inexpensive (less than $30), this approach can provide greater accuracy than the traditional approach because the size of the delivered drops are smaller and the resolution of a balance is higher than that of a buret.  Titration labs may be further developed through the use of inexpensive pH meters that cost less than $10.

Inexpensive, safe, and very accurate titrations for the home analytical chemistry laboratory

ACS Fall 2021

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