volume 98 issue 8 pages 2592-2595

At-Home Titration: Magnesium Hydroxide in Milk of Magnesia Using an Inexpensive Digital Balance and Natural Food Dye as Indicators

Thomas S Kuntzleman 1
Shane Corts 1
Anne Schmidt 2
Publication typeJournal Article
Publication date2021-07-13
scimago Q2
wos Q1
SJR0.596
CiteScore4.7
Impact factor2.9
ISSN00219584, 19381328
General Chemistry
Education
Abstract
A quantitative titration of the amount of magnesium hydroxide in milk of magnesia using only items purchased in grocery and retail stores is reported. Either vinegar or a solution of food grade citric acid serves as the titrant, while food dyes advertised as being extracted from natural sources provide the end-point indicator. An inexpensive, digital kitchen balance with 0.01 g resolution allows for quantitation of the amount of titrant added. Students who performed this experiment either in class or remotely generally determined amounts of magnesium hydroxide in milk of magnesia that were within 10% of that claimed by the manufacturer. That easily obtained materials are used in this activity makes it amenable for experimentation in remote settings. The use of both the natural food dyes and inexpensive digital balance opens a wide swath of possibilities for new experiments to be developed for at-home experimentation.
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Kuntzleman T. S., Corts S., Schmidt A. At-Home Titration: Magnesium Hydroxide in Milk of Magnesia Using an Inexpensive Digital Balance and Natural Food Dye as Indicators // Journal of Chemical Education. 2021. Vol. 98. No. 8. pp. 2592-2595.
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Kuntzleman T. S., Corts S., Schmidt A. At-Home Titration: Magnesium Hydroxide in Milk of Magnesia Using an Inexpensive Digital Balance and Natural Food Dye as Indicators // Journal of Chemical Education. 2021. Vol. 98. No. 8. pp. 2592-2595.
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TY - JOUR
DO - 10.1021/acs.jchemed.1c00612
UR - https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.1c00612
TI - At-Home Titration: Magnesium Hydroxide in Milk of Magnesia Using an Inexpensive Digital Balance and Natural Food Dye as Indicators
T2 - Journal of Chemical Education
AU - Kuntzleman, Thomas S
AU - Corts, Shane
AU - Schmidt, Anne
PY - 2021
DA - 2021/07/13
PB - American Chemical Society (ACS)
SP - 2592-2595
IS - 8
VL - 98
SN - 0021-9584
SN - 1938-1328
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@article{2021_Kuntzleman,
author = {Thomas S Kuntzleman and Shane Corts and Anne Schmidt},
title = {At-Home Titration: Magnesium Hydroxide in Milk of Magnesia Using an Inexpensive Digital Balance and Natural Food Dye as Indicators},
journal = {Journal of Chemical Education},
year = {2021},
volume = {98},
publisher = {American Chemical Society (ACS)},
month = {jul},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.1c00612},
number = {8},
pages = {2592--2595},
doi = {10.1021/acs.jchemed.1c00612}
}
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Kuntzleman, Thomas S., et al. “At-Home Titration: Magnesium Hydroxide in Milk of Magnesia Using an Inexpensive Digital Balance and Natural Food Dye as Indicators.” Journal of Chemical Education, vol. 98, no. 8, Jul. 2021, pp. 2592-2595. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.1c00612.