Neutralizing Stomach Acid Lab Report

Areia Falahpour

University of Central Florida

CHM2046L

29 June 2017

Antacids

Abstract

The purpose of this experiment was to answer the question of which antacid is more readily or in other words the best at neutralizing stomach acid. This experiment is insightful and the importance of this experiment is that humans have a strong acid within the epigastric region or stomach known as hydrochloric acid (HCl). HCl is essential as the body uses it to digest the food that comes through the epigastrium. Through this process is how humans can break down all the food eaten to absorb the nutrients and vitamins needed for survival. The purpose is to determine the best antacid through the process of titration, by examining the different shades of pink

The result was that Alcalak is the best antacid to neutralize stomach acid (HCL).

Introduction

Acidity in a certain environment can prove to be harmful or even safe which is considered, especially organs such as the stomach since HCl is primarily used to digest and break downs foods especially fats to that we may secrete them better (McAdams 1). This process of digestion and break down of foods into vitamins and nutrients that almost everyone is aware of is very vital to human nature and life. Most pharmaceutical companies have come up with a medicine more so tablets called Antacids which are used for discomfort due to the stomach acidity (or pH) dropping lower than the expected average. The pH is always fluctuating due to food intake and other things that enter the epigastrium that are exposed to the stomach acid. Genetic

Therefore, the best antacid is Alcalak. It may be assumed that that Alka-Seltzer would be the best type of antacid used to neutralize stomach acid since it is a common pharmaceutical drug that’s name has been of common word. In other words, this experiment would have been more stable accurate with the use of a volumetric pipette would have been more beneficial if they were stable and more available of use. The result from this experiment would suggest that the antacids that takes the least NaOH or the most HCL neutralized would produce the best antacid due to the NaOH being such a strong base and HCL being such a strong acid. Antacids have some trace of NaOH in order to counteract the amount of acidity HCl carries or in other terms stomach acid. The best antacid would take the least amount of base due to the fact of how fast the process and how relieving it would be to neutralize stomach acid. This base as discussed is known as NaOH. It is clear now why there are medications to neutralize stomach acid or HCl and why you need something such as NaOH a base or antacids in fact. However, due to some inconsistencies it was not observed the titrations of the other Antacids. According to the tables though, the HCL neutralized was found and consistent with the other experiments that were conducted which leads to the belief that the Acalak will take