Pop Rocks: Candies, or Keys to Understanding Titration?

Preparation
Procedure

Index

Goals

  • Use laboratory skills and technique, specifically using a pipette and a buret.
  • Understand the purpose of titrations, specifically why they are used in calculating the amounts of different substances.
  • Review acid-base chemistry and writing balanced chemical equations.

Objectives

  • Complete two manual titrations.
  • Find the amount of carbon dioxide contained in 1 package of the infamous candy, "Pop Rocks™."