Date of Award
1-1951
Degree Type
Bachelors Essay
Degree Name
Bachelor of Science (BS)
Department
Chemistry
First Advisor
Scott L. Kittsley
Second Advisor
John R. Koch
Third Advisor
Virgil Roach
Abstract
The measurement or hydrogen ion concentration is becoming more important in all the fields of chemistry since the states or many chemical systems can to some extent be defined by their hydrogen ion concentration. If the hydrogen ion concentration or a particular solution can be measured accurately, in many cases other important relations and quantities may be determined. Methods or measurement are therefore important instruments or investigation.
When an ester is saponified by an alkali, the hydrogen ion concentration increases as the reaction proceeds. Thus, it the hydrogen ion concentration can be calculated at different intervals of time, some knowledge of the rate at which the reaction proceeds should be able to be determined. The measurement of the order and rate or saponification reactions has been studied in some detail.
Recommended Citation
Porter, Richard, "Determination of Saponification Rate by Change in Hydrogen Ion Concentration Measured with Quinhydrone and Glass Electrodes" (1951). Bachelors’ Theses. 1429.
https://epublications.marquette.edu/bachelor_essays/1429
Comments
A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty or the College or Liberal Arts or Marquette University in Partial Fulfillment or the Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Science, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.