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Essay / Conductometric titration test - 1513
According to the conductometric titration, the concentration of Ba(OH)2 (aq) was 0.196 M. Calculations based on gravimetric analysis revealed a concentration of 0.0669 M. Clearly, there is a high degree of inaccuracy between the values determined by each technique. However, it seems that gravimetric analysis is more precise. The standard deviation for the mass of BaSO4 was 0.035 and the confidence interval was ±0.0256 g. This shows that there is 90% certainty that the actual mass of the BaSO4 precipitate was within 0.0256 g of the calculated mean (0.156 g). It should be noted that one outlier (1.45 g of precipitate) was removed from the gravimetric analysis calculations because it was 9.29 times greater than the average. The standard deviation for the final volume – the basis of calculation for conductometric titration – was 6.616. The confidence interval was ±5.443 mL. The much larger confidence interval for the final volume illustrates a higher degree of uncertainty regarding the precision of this measurement. For this reason, it seems that gravimetric analyzes are more suitable for determining the concentration of a saturated solution. This is important in research where the solubility product (Ksp) must be determined or where predictions must be made as to the formation of a precipitate. One of the main reasons why conductometric titration