Question

A 25.0 ml sample of an unknown monoprotic acid was titrated with 0.12 m naoh. the student added 31.6 ml of naoh and went past the equivalence point. which procedure could be performed next to more accurately determine the concentration of the unknown acid?

Answer 1

The procedure, which can be used to determine more accurately the concentration of the unknown acid is TO BACK-TITRATE WITH ADDITIONAL HYDROCHLORIC ACID TO NEUTRALIZE THE ADDITIONAL SODIUM HYDROXIDE THAT WAS ADDED.
Monoprotic acids are acids that can donate only one proton per each molecule and they have only one equivalence point. Examples of monoprotic acids are HCI, HNO3 and CH3COOH.
The back titration method is typically used when one needs to determine the concentration of an analyte provided there is a known molar concentration of excess reactants. 
From the information given in the question above, we are told that excess NaOH was added. To correct this mistake, the right thing to do is to use additional HCl to carry out back titration, taking note of the quantity of acid that will be needed to neutralize the excess NaOH.