Post-Lab Questions
1. Most of the chemicals included in your Introductory Chemistry Lab kit can be discarded down a drain with copious
amounts of water. Describe a situation in which you would need to neutralize (pH 7) a chemical before discarding
down a drain.
2. Why should one add acid to water rather than add water to acid when preparing solutions?
3. At what point was the solution in beaker “B” neutralized?
4. Address the following scenarios: if a stronger solution of sodium bicarbonate was used in beaker B, would it require more or less acetic acid to neutralize and why? If a weaker solution of sodium bicarbonate was used in beaker B,
would that solution require more or less acetic acid to neutralize it and why?
