The burettes and pipettes are washed with distilled water before titration and not with tap water as tap water contains dissolved ions that may react with the analyte and the titrant to give unwanted products.
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Why do we rinse the burette with distilled water first? The scale on its side allows the amount of solution that's been allowed to flow out to be read off. As with the pipette, the burette should be rinsed with distilled water followed by the solution it is to be filled with to avoid contamination issues.
Why is distilled water used in titration? The reason that distilled water is boiled prior to use in preparing titration solutions is to remove dissolved CO2 which is present in all water. CO2 gas dissolved in water forms small amounts of H2CO3, or carbonic acid. Carbonic acid will alter the pH of the water, making it slightly acidic.
Why are air bubbles in the buret bad? Air bubbles are trapped in burette and tubes. They lead to inaccurate dosing where the system believes the bubble is titrant and gives falsely high results. Furthermore air bubbles of different sizes lead to result variation.
Why should the burette be rinsed with NaOH before it is filled? Why do you need to rinse the burette with a base before you completely fill it with NaOH? The burette is designed to make precise volume measurements. The accuracy of a titration depends on precision. If any acidic chemical residue was in the burette, it would neutralize some of the NaOH you are using to measure with.
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