Answer and Explanation: Good laboratory technique is critical when manually performing titrations. If you have air bubbles in the burette column, then the initial volume will have an error upon reading since part of that volume is occupied by the bubble rather than the titrant.
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- How do you get air bubbles out of a burette? Check the tip of the buret for an air bubble. To remove an air bubble, whack the side of the buret tip while solution is flowing. If an air bubble is present during a titration, volume readings may be in error. Rinse the tip of the buret with water from a wash bottle and dry it carefully.
- Why is it necessary to remove bubbles from the tap and tip of the burette? If an air bubble exits the tip during a titration that volume of air will be registered as some of the volume of titrant that left the buret. This means that the volume of liquid delivered thru the tip will not be the amount calculated by subtracting the final buret reading from the initial buret reading.
- Why should the burette not be completely emptied? When you're cleaning your glassware, you use water to rinse it off. If the burette is not completely dry by the time you use it, the remaining traces of water on the inside will make your titrant more dilute and thereby change its concentration.
- 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.
- "Why do you clean burette?" If the burette is not completely dry by the time you use it, the remaining traces of water on the inside will make your titrant more dilute and thereby change its concentration.
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