NANSLO Remote Lab Activity: Citric Acid in Popular Drinks -- Titration
This NANSLO lab activity is self-contained and can be used as a titration lab in general chemistry and survey of chemistry courses. In this activity, an acid/base titration is used to determine the amount of citric acid in various popular food drinks. The lab activity includes background information on titration and how it works, a description of what citric acid is and its chemical composition, acid equilibrium constants for citric acid, and how to determine citric acid content using titration with a strong chemical base. The lab activity includes information on estimating error, lab exercises, and post-lab analysis activities.
- Date:
- 2014-10
- Primary Material Type:
- Assignment
- Institution:
- Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education
- Funding Source:
- TAACCCT Round 2
- Subjects:
- NANSLO Remote Lab Activity: Citric Acid in Popular Drinks -- Titration uses titration with a strong chemical base to determine the volume of citric acid in various popular food drinks, lab experiment.
Industry / Occupation
- Industry Partner:
- Health Care
- Industry Sector:
- Health Care and Social Assistance (62)
- Occupation:
- Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations (29-0000)
Education / Instructional Information
- Instructional Program:
- Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences (51)
- Credential Type:
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- Associate Degree
- Bachelors Degree
- Educational Level of Materials:
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- 1st year Community College or equivalent
- Time Required:
- 2 Hrs connected to laboratory through the Internet plus pre-lab and post-lab work
- Language:
- English (United States)
- Interactivity Type:
- Active - requires user to respond to prompts, questions, etc.
- Quality Note:
- Curriculum expert in this discipline worked with Discipline Panel of faculty to define learning objectives needed for this lab activity. During development, teleconferences were held to discuss lab activity being developed. Draft activity was posted to listserv for review by Discipline Panel and other faculty in that discipline. Based on feedback, lab activity was modified prior to posting as final. Experts in remote web-based science labs who are also science faculty worked together to define the web-enabled interface design used by students to perform the lab activity via the Internet and created the lab setup (robotics, scientific equipment, and items needed to complete the lab activity) testing it with lab technicians and others prior to launching the final lab activity.
- Quality of Subject Matter was assured by:
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- Consultations during development of instructional materials
- Quality of Online/Hybrid Course Design assured by:
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- Course Note:
- General Chemistry with lab and Survey of Chemistry
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