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Gweedo8
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« on: July 03, 2009, 01:11:57 PM »

I have this long online lab that I am working on and I am stuck on converting Molarity then ultimately finding the % of phosphoric acid in the cola? There is all of different steps I went through with information but I am going to try to give only the info needed to help me out. (hopefully I do not miss any)

Coca-cola contains acids including carbonic acid which is formed from the dissolution of the carbon dioxide in the water, and phosphoric acid, which is used to give it a little “kick” when you are drinking it. 

The chemical reactions for the titrations of the acids are given below.
 
H2CO3(aq)  + 2NaOH(aq) ? Na2CO3(aq) + 2H2O(l)
H3PO4(aq) + 3NaOH(aq) ? Na3PO4(aq) + 3H2O(l)

My unanswered questions:

Give the molarity of phosphoric acid in the original cola?
What is the density of the cola?
What is the % phosphoric acid in the cola?

Some helpful data:

Pipet 2.0mLs of the decarbonated cola into a 100mL volumetric flask.  Add 10mLs of the ammonium molybdate/vandate solution and fill to the mark with distilled water.  This will be your unknown.

Using McVc=MdVc, calculate the molarity of phosphate in the original cola. The answer was .0063 using
Mc=?
Vc=2.0mLs
Md=.00126
Vd=100

If this is not enough info can you please let me know what I am missing and I will re post with more info.

Thank you
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« Reply #1 on: July 03, 2009, 06:53:04 PM »

I would think that you have to do some sort of titration with a base (such as NaOH) to determine the concentration of the phosphoric acid in the diluted sample.  You have Md as .00126 but I don't know how you got that.  I'm also unclear as the reason for adding the ammonium molybdata/vandate solution.
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