Answer to Question #157750 in General Chemistry for meg

Question

I was wondering if a titration can determine the concentration of a solute in a solution, or can it only determine the concentration of the solution?  And is the titrant or the analyte the solution that is titrated?

Answer 1

The concentration of the solution is actually the concentration of a solute in the solution. The

units of molar concentration are $\frac{Moles(solute)}{1L(solution)}$, and any solution itself always consists of a solute and a solvent, so there is no difference between these two definitions.

Titrant is the solution of known concentration. It is added to the analyte, which concentration is unknown and is to be determined. In other words, an analyte is titrated by a titrant.