MikeDemakes
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Hey, guys. I did a lab last week where we had to determine the nicotine in tobacco and I am having trouble with the calculations.
3.0117 grams of tobacco was weighed out. The organic layer of tobacco was transferred to a beaker and 25mL of this organic solution was then titrated with the 0.03835M perchloric acid (HCLO4) and 4 drops of crystal violet indicator solution.The yellow endpoint occurred after just 2.499mL of addition of titrant.
From this data, how would I determine the moles of nicotine, grams of nicotine and wt/wt% of nicotine in the original tobacco sample?
3.0117 grams of tobacco was weighed out. The organic layer of tobacco was transferred to a beaker and 25mL of this organic solution was then titrated with the 0.03835M perchloric acid (HCLO4) and 4 drops of crystal violet indicator solution.The yellow endpoint occurred after just 2.499mL of addition of titrant.
From this data, how would I determine the moles of nicotine, grams of nicotine and wt/wt% of nicotine in the original tobacco sample?