Hello
I tried to valorize hydrochloric acid through titration with sodium hydroxide. First, I wanted to check the normality of hydrochloric acid 0.1 N. So, 3 drops of phenolphtalein were added to 20 ml of HCl 0.1 N. This was titrated with NaOH 0.1 N. The mililiters of NaOH used to neutralize HCl was registered. The following equation was used:
N HCl x Volume HCl (ml) = N NaOH x Volume NaOH used (ml)
N HCl = [ N NaOH x Volume NaOH used (ml) ] / Volume HCl (ml)
I obtained:
N HCl = [ NaOH 0.1 N x 16 ml NaOH ] / 20 ml HCl
N HCl = 0.08
I expected to obtain a closer value, like 0.098 but that's my result. Please, could you give me some advice about this procedure?
Thank you in advance.