MICROCOMPUTER-AIDED HIGH-SPEED POTENTIOMETRIC TITRATION SYSTEM BY LINEAR TITRATION PLOTS

An apparatus for high-speed potentiometric titration was assembled and its advantage was demonstrated. Titrant additions were made stepwise in large volumes. The optimum increment volumes were automatically chosen by microcomputer, depending upon the sample concentration. Time intervals between the successive additions were controlled so as to add a new increment immediately after the electrode was equilibrated. On-line calculation of the equivalence volume was conducted based upon linear titration plots, using only four titration points before the equivalence point. The apparatus was capable of determining the concentration of strong and weak monoprotic acids in less than 22s with relative standard deviations of 0.1-0.2%. © 1979 Springer-Verlag.