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

Answer:

Mass of ascorbic acid in the pill = 7.152 x 176.1/1000 = 1.26 g

Explanation:  

The mass of ascorbic acid in the pill would be,  

1.26 g  

Now,  

Moles of ascorbic acid = Moles of NaOH = 0.447 M x 16 ml = 7.152 mmol  

Mass of ascorbic acid in the pill = 7.152 x 176.1/1000 = 1.26 g