Collaboration
During our Chemistry 12 titration experiment, I can confidently say that I worked effectively with my partner to achieve our goal of determining the concentration of NaOH. We had to titrate a primary standard 0.050M oxalic acid solution with a unknown concentration of NaOH. I was able to take on specific roles and responsibilities like preparing the 0.050M oxalic acid solution, managing the burette, monitoring the Erlenmeyer flask, and recording data to ensure precision and accuracy. It is difficult to do titrations because the volume of NaOH we add must be perfect or else we’ve over shot it and the solution will be “over-titrated”. But because of our collaborative efforts it highlighted our ability to communicate clearly and support each other, leading to successful and reliable results after 4 trials of titrations. This lab improved my ability to work in a team and take on responsibilities within a partnership to achieve a common objective.
