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The Stoichiometry of the Neutralization of Citric Acid: An Introductory Laboratory
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In this laboratory experiment for precollege or first year courses, students find the stoichiometry of the reaction of citric acid with sodium hydroxide by mixing different acid/base ratios and finding which releases the most heat. Students collected the data cooperatively, in teams, reducing lab time to 90 minutes. The introduction, results, and conclusions are organized in a discovery format. The questions posed at the beginning of the laboratory about the number and kind of acidic H's in citric acid are answered by students in a discussion period at the end. Materials and equipment are simple and inexpensive, and the lab is short enough that students can design and carry out further experiments to test their initial conclusions within a single three hour laboratory period.
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High School / Introductory ChemistryKeywords (Domain):
Laboratory InstructionKeywords (Pedagogy):
Hands-On Learning / ManipulativesKeywords (Subject):
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This article has been cited by 1 ACS Journal articles (1 most recent appear below).
Thermochemical Analysis of Neutralization Reactions: An Introductory Discovery Experiment
Kenneth V. Mills and Louise W. GuilmetteJournal of Chemical Education2007 84 (2), 326Thermochemical Analysis of Neutralization Reactions: An Introductory Discovery Experiment
Kenneth V. Mills and Louise W. GuilmetteJournal of Chemical Education2007 84 (2), 326A guided-inquiry laboratory pedagogy called Discovery Chemistry, in which students discover chemical concepts in the lab and the instructor uses their pooled data to guide the lecture portion of the course, was developed by this chemistry department. A ...
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- Received: August 03, 2009
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