AP® Chemistry: Graphing Titration Curves

Graph the following titration data and determine if the acid is monoprotic, diprotic, or triprotic.  Justify your answer with information from the graph.

Table 1.

Volume (mL) pH
01.01
11.32
51.59
102.23
12.43.56
12.57.00
12.610.44
1311.10

Answer

Monoprotic—only 1 inflection
Monoprotic—only 1 inflection

Table 2.

Volume (mL) pH
0.01.30
1.01.35
2.01.60
3.02.15
4.03.57
4.25.00
4.56.05
5.06.50
5.56.72
6.07.00
7.011.10
7.512.46
8.013.51
9.013.89
9.514.00
10.014.00

Answer

Diprotic—2 inflections
Diprotic—2 inflections

Table 3.

Volume (mL) pH
0.002.10
1.002.50
1.504.20
2.004.50
2.504.70
3.005.00
3.506.60
4.006.70
4.507.00
5.007.40
5.507.80
6.009.70
6.509.80
7.0010.10
7.5010.50
8.0010.70

Answer

Triprotic—3 inflections
Triprotic—3 inflections

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