Question

Vitamin C is a water-soluble vitamin, so your body doesn't store it. You have to get the required amount from your diet (citrus fruits are a great source!), or you could take a daily vitamin C supplement pill. Vitamin C is ascorbic acid, so to determine how much vitamin C (acid) has been placed in each pill, you could do an acid-base titration. One vitamin C pill was dissolved in water and titrated to an endpoint by 16.00 mL of a 0.447 M solution of NaOH. How many grams of ascorbic acid were there in the pill? (MW of ascorbic acid is 176.1 /mol). Explain and show your work.​

Answer 1

1.26 g

Step-by-step explanation:

Number of moles of ascorbic acid = concentration × volume

Concentration = 0.447 M

Volume = 16.00 mL

Number of moles = 0.447 × 16/1000

Number of moles = 7.152 × 10^-3 moles

Number of moles= mass/molar mass

Molar mass of ascorbic acid = 176.1 g/mol

Mass = 7.152 × 10^-3 moles × 176.1 g/mol

Mass = 1.26 g