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Methyl orange
Yes you can use methyl red, methyl orange, bromophenol blue and other indicators instead of phenolphthalein in the acid-base titration of NaOH.
An indicator that changes its colour around pH value 5 should be used in this titration. Alternatively, instead of Thymol Blue, Methyl Orange or Methyl Red may be used.
This is so since the pH at the end point of Phenolphthalein is 9.1 and methyl orange is 3.7. For a strong acid strong base titration which the end point is between 3-11 phenolphthalein is used
Phenolphthalein, because NaOH is a strong base.
Methyl orange
Yes you can use methyl red, methyl orange, bromophenol blue and other indicators instead of phenolphthalein in the acid-base titration of NaOH.
Methyl orange shows yellow color in an NaOH solution.
An indicator that changes its colour around pH value 5 should be used in this titration. Alternatively, instead of Thymol Blue, Methyl Orange or Methyl Red may be used.
discussion for the titration of NaOH and HNO3 by using phenolphthalein & methyl orange indicators
This is so since the pH at the end point of Phenolphthalein is 9.1 and methyl orange is 3.7. For a strong acid strong base titration which the end point is between 3-11 phenolphthalein is used
Phenolphthalein, because NaOH is a strong base.
Phenolphthalein indicates red for acids and blue for bases.
Phenolphtalein change colorless at pH < 8 to purple blue at pH > 8 to 10
Adding NaOH-sol'n to oxalic acid, C2H2O4, the colour (from colorless) has to become purple-blue at pH 8 to 10.
If some solution splashes out during the titration of NaOH, the volume at the end point will be wrong.
It allows the concentration of the NaOH to be known.