Titration is used in the laboratory to determine the concentration of an analyte in a solution. This process involves the addition of precise incremental volumes of a liquid titrant solution from a burette (in volumetric titration) or application of an electrical current of precise magnitude (in coulometric titration) to induce a chemical reaction; when the reaction is complete, the total volume of the titrant added, or time that the current was applied, can be used to calculate the concentration of the analyte.
Titration can be performed manually or using automated titration instruments, and there are various types of titration based on the analyte, titrant and chemical reaction used, as well as the method used to indicate the equivalence point and endpoint of the reaction. This article will focus on the chemical reactions used to reach an equivalence point between the analyte and titrant.
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