Titrating sodium hydroxide with hydrochloric acid

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Source: © Royal Society of Chemistry

Use this class practical to explore titration, producing the salt sodium chloride with sodium hydroxide and hydrochloric acid. Includes kit list and safety instructions

In this experiment learners neutralise sodium hydroxide with hydrochloric acid to produce the soluble salt sodium chloride in solution. They then concentrate the solution and allow it to crystallise to produce sodium chloride crystals. 

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