0 a substance used by scientists to show the amount of acid in a substance
The diluted solution is acid in reaction toward litmus and phenolphthalein and alkaline toward methyl orange.
Dissolve the ash in distilled water and titrate total alkalinity, using as indicator methyl orange cold or litmus boiling.
For the carbonates about 1 gram may be weighed, washed into a 400 cubic centimeter beaker, diluted with distilled water, methyl orange indicator added and titrated with normal acid.
If borax is present the carbon dioxide is boiled off after neutralizing exactly to methyl orange; cool, add mannite and phenolphthalein and titrate the boric acid with standard alkali.