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rizvisafdar
Jul 12, 2009, 08:09 PM
How to determine the concentration of sulfuric acid ?

Perito
Jul 13, 2009, 05:35 AM
The simplest way is to titrate it with standardized sodium hydroxide

2NaOH + H_2SO_4 \rightarrow 2H_2O + Na_2SO_4

You do have to prepare and standardize sodium hydroxide (titrate it against a primary standard acid like potassium hydrogen phthalate), but that's a common operation.