Titrimetric Methods: Types and Commonly Used Strategies

Titrimetric methods are quantitative procedures used in analytical chemistry.

For example, volumetric titrations involve measuring the volume of a titrant of known concentration required to react completely with an analyte.

Whereas in gravimetric titrations, an analyte reacts with a titrant to yield a precipitate that is isolated and weighed.

Alternatively, coulometric titrations involve measuring the charge required to complete an electrochemical reaction.

Strategies for titration include direct titration, where a titrant reacts with an analyte until it reaches the endpoint.

Other strategies are used if the reaction is slow or there is no direct titration reaction.

Back titration involves determining the excess of a standard solution used to consume an analyte by titrating with a second standard solution.

If the analyte displaces a group from a complex, the amount of the displaced group is determined using displacement titration.