Zinc in a Cough Drop
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I just did a lab that dealt with finding the amount of Zinc found in cough drops. I did this by EDTA titration. First I dissolve one cough drop in 50mL's of a acetate buffer in an erlenmeyer flask. Then once dissolved I titrated it with .013M of EDTA solutiuon until its endpoint. My initial reading on the buret was 23.4mL of EDTA and my final reading was 47.2mL of EDTA meaning that 23.8mL's of .013M EDTA was used for the solution with the cough drop to reach its endpoint. How am I suppose to find the amount of Zinc(2+) (in milligrams) present in the lozenge. I think I am suppose to use the molarity of EDTA and the volume of it but I do not know how to get the calculations. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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I just did a lab that dealt with finding the amount of Zinc found in cough drops. I did this by EDTA titration. First I dissolve one cough drop in 50mL's of a acetate buffer in an erlenmeyer flask. Then once dissolved I titrated it with .013M of ...
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