The results and calculations shows that 1 tablet of Quick-eze is most effective in neutralizing the stomach because the number of moles of HCl reacted with the NaOH is 0.00216 moles, which is less than Gaviscon. The number of moles of NaOH that were added from the burette is 0.00327 moles (1 tablet of Gaviscon). However, for Quick-eze, the number of moles is 0.00216 moles (1 tablet). This means the average volume of the NaOH have affected the number of moles as the concentration of the sodium hydroxide is 0.1M. This means that if less NaOH was required to neutralise the acid, the number of moles of HCl neutralized by the ant-acid would be greater. For example; by using mole ratio, the number of moles of HCl reacted with the NaOH is 0.00216 moles (1 tablet of Quick-eze). The number of moles of HCl that were neutralized by Quick-eze was 0.00284 moles. Nevertheless, 0.00173 moles of HCl neutralized by Gaviscon. This explains that the excess amount (no of moles) of HCl was greater, which reacted with the NaOH.
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Volumetric glassware, such as a conical flask, pipette or the burette might have accumulated a systematic error. For example; the burette is not precise when determining the endpoint. It is a random error, but it can also be a systemic error due to the calibration of the glassware used in this experiment. A systematic error occurred during this experiment was the inaccuracy of the measuring scale. This is because the same measuring scale was used in each trial to determine the amount of the antacid tablet. However, the problem was that there was never one significant value mostly because there is no stable reading. To solve this problem, use a more accurate measuring scale to reduce the change in