Titration is a quantitative chemical analysis technique used to determine the concentration of an unknown solution by reacting it with a solution of known concentration. The process involves gradually adding the known solution (called the titrant) to the unknown solution (called the analyte) until a reaction reaches its equivalence point, where the two substances have reacted in a precise ratio.

There are different types of titration, including:

• Acid-Base Titration: Used to determine the concentration of an acid or base using an indicator that changes color at the equivalence point.
• Redox Titration: Involves oxidation-reduction reactions, often using substances like potassium permanganate.
• Complexometric Titration: Used to determine metal ions in a solution, often using EDTA.
• Precipitation Titration: Based on the formation of an insoluble precipitate, such as silver chloride in chloride determination.

Titration is widely used in laboratory and industrial applications, including pharmaceuticals, food science, and environmental analysis. Given your interest in precision instruments and measurement tools, you might find titration fascinating in its role in osmometry and other analytical techniques.

SI Analytics TitroLine® 5000 automatic titrator combines a syringe burette and pH/mV meter plus integrated intelligence. This intelligence carries out the parameterisation of the method for you. The new Titrator TitroLine® 5000 offers even more features than its predecessor and is even more convenient to use.

Product Features : 

• Automatic titrator
• Full color display, including online curves that can be easily viewed from a distance and at extreme angles
• Includes two USB and two RS232 ports for expansion and connection of devices such as USB keyboard, USB-storage device, balance, PC and additional SI Analytics peripherals
• Exports the results as PDF and CSV to a memory stick/USB device
• Transfer of methods via USB device
• Standard methods
• Daisy-chain capability
• High resolution pH/mV-measurement input for pH-, ORP-, silver - and further mV-electrodes
• Pt 1000 and NTC 30 temperature measurement input for automatic temperature compensation
• Pre-installed standard methods for FOS/TAC, alkalinity, total acidity in drinks, chloride etc.
• Linear and dynamic titration to equivalence points
• Titration to pH and mV-end points
• Same manual titration and dosing function as the piston burette

Key Features

• Following titration modes are possible:
• Titrations to pH, mV - endpoint (2 EP)
• Titrations to one equivalence point (pH und mV) with dynamic or linear titration addition
• Manual titrations with the controller
• Dosing tasks
• Number of methods: 5

Typical applications of water/wastewater and environmental analysis:

• pH-value, alkalinity (p+m-value)
• FOS/TAC (see titration curve and result screen as example)
• Total Kjeldahl nitrogen
• Permanganat index and COD
• Chloride in wastewater

Typical applications of food analysis:

• Salt content (chloride, sodium chloride)
• pH-value, total acidity in wine, drinks and other food products
• Ascorbic acid
• Protein determination (Kjeldahl-nitrogen in milk and dairy products)
• Iodine and peroxide value