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A reagent, termed the titrant or titrator, [2] is prepared as a standard solution of known concentration and volume. The titrant reacts with a solution of analyte (which may also be termed the titrand [3]) to determine the analyte's concentration. The volume of titrant that reacted with the analyte is termed the titration volume.
Differences in the temperature between the titrant and the titrand; Evaporative losses from the surface of the rapidly mixed fluid; Heats of solution when the titrant solvent is mixed with the analyte solvent; Heat introduced by the mechanical action of stirring (minor influence); and; Heat produced by the thermistor itself (very minor influence).
In analytical chemistry, a standard solution (titrant or titrator) is a solution containing an accurately known concentration. Standard solutions are generally prepared by dissolving a solute of known mass into a solvent to a precise volume, or by diluting a solution of known concentration with more solvent. [ 1 ]
In analytical chemistry, potentiometric titration is a technique similar to direct titration of a redox reaction. It is a useful means of characterizing an acid. No indicator is used; instead the electric potential is measured across the analyte, typically an electrolyte solution.
In practice, the analyte solution is usually disposed of since it is difficult to separate the analyte from the bulk electrolyte, and the experiment requires a small amount of analyte. A normal experiment may involve 1–10 mL solution with an analyte concentration between 1 and 10 mmol/L.
After enough titrant has been added to react completely with the analyte, the excess titrant may itself be reduced at the working electrode. Since this is a different species with different diffusion characteristics (and different half-reaction ), the slope of current versus added titrant will have a different slope after the equivalence point.
The electrochemical generation of a titrant is much more sensitive and can be much more accurately controlled than the mechanical addition of titrant using a burette drive. For example, a constant current flow of 10 μA for 100 ms is easily generated and corresponds to about 10 micrograms of titrant.
Note that iodometry involves indirect titration of iodine liberated by reaction with the analyte, whereas iodimetry involves direct titration using iodine as the titrant. Redox titration using sodium thiosulphate, Na 2 S 2 O 3 (usually) as a reducing agent is known as iodometric titration since it is used specifically to titrate iodine. The ...