How do you standardize the sodium hydro oxide solution with oxalic acid?

Answer 1

Firstly, write out and balance your equation (as always!); this'll also require calculating the Molarity (mol of solute/ ml of solution). Next, you should already have an indicator (litmus strips or even red cabbage juice will work). Then add exactly the amount needed to neutralize the intended reagents. If you're doing the work on paper only, ignore this part: However, have you considered baking soda as opposed to NaOH? It's less dangerous.

Answer 2

To standardize a sodium hydroxide (NaOH) solution with oxalic acid, you would first titrate a known amount of oxalic acid solution with the NaOH solution. The balanced chemical equation for the reaction is 2NaOH + H2C2O4 -> Na2C2O4 + 2H2O. By determining the volume of NaOH solution needed to neutralize the oxalic acid, you can calculate the exact concentration of the NaOH solution.