This technique can be used to make pure crystals of a soluble salt.
The burette is filled with hydrochloric acid.
A known quantity of alkali (say 50 cm3 sodium hydroxide)
is released from a pipette into the conical flask.
The tap on the burette is turned open to allow
the acid to be added drop by drop into the alkali.
The alkali contains an indicator (phenolphthalein)
which is pink in an alkali and colorless in an acid.
When enough acid has been added to neutralize
the alkali, the indicator changes from
pink to colorless. This is the end point of the titration.
The titration can be repeated using the same amounts
of acid and alkali but without the indicator.
Pure salt crystals which are free from indicator
can then be crystallized from the neutral solution.
