What are some similarities and differences between redox titrations and acid-base titrations?
Similarities ======== 1. Both depend on some sort of color change (or the ones I know about do). 2. Both depend on being able to find an endpoint where all of one chemical is used up and the amount of another is known and therefore the unknown amount can be calculated. 3. Both can be described by a chemical equation. 4. Both usually take place in water. At beginning levels, I know of none that do not. Differences ======== 1. Redox reactions work because electrons are transferred. Acid-base reactions are proton based. 2. Redox reactions have endpoints that do not give clear graphs of their progress. It is much more difficult to measure the molar amounts of a before/after color change. The indicators used give very good indications of what’s going on before and after the endpoint.
