Question

A student is planning an investigation of an acid-base reaction. Which of the following is not an accepted method of monitoring the progress of the neutralization reaction?
Question 16 options:

Conductivity meter


pH paper


Visual indicator

Answer 1

Answer:

Conductivity meter

Explanation:

A conductivity meter is normally used to measure the amount of electrical current or conductance in a solution. Conductivity is most useful in determining the overall health of a natural water body.

A pH paper is used to determine the pH of a solution. This is done by dipping part of the paper into a solution of interest and watching the color change. The pH paper comes in a color-coded scale indicating the pH that something has when the paper turns a certain color.

An indicator is an organic compound that changes its colour depending on the pH of the solution.

Since neutralization reaction can only be monitored by monitoring the pH of the solution, a conductivity meter cannot be used to monitor the progress of a neutralization reaction since it does not monitor the change in pH of the system under study.