Expert Answer
Following is the Solution to the first question (i.e. Question – 1 ), of the given …Question Set.
Answer:
The answer to the problem, is Choice – (b): redox titration only……..
Explanation:
Since Juice contains both of the following acids: i.e. …..
- Ascorbic acid &
- Citric acid
…titration with NaOH (i.e. base )…. i.e. acid – base titration …would only be able to determine the total amount of acid, in the …given solution, i.e. the given Juice, and thereby in order to determine the amount of Ascorbic Acid …separately….we will need another type of titration.
Since, Iodine (I2 ) reacts with Ascorbic acid … ONLY …and not ….citric acid…. in order to determine the amount of Ascorbic acid, we will need an red-ox. ….reaction/titration…. ( i.e. reaction between ascorbic acidand I2…is a red-ox reaction….).
Therefore:
Since, the above stated and described… redox titration , involves the reaction with Ascorbic Acid only… theamount of Ascorbic acid in the Juice can be determined with the use of REDOX Titration …. Only…. (Answer )