Editing Titration (section)

{{Short description|Laboratory method for determining the concentration of an analyte}}
{{Distinguish|Tetration}}
{{About|volumetric titration||Titration (disambiguation)}}
[[File:Acid and Base Titration.jpg|thumb|A [[burette]] and [[Erlenmeyer flask]] (conical flask) being used for an [[acid–base titration]].]]
'''Titration''' (also known as '''titrimetry'''<ref>
{{Cite encyclopedia
  | encyclopedia = The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  | title = Titrimetry
  | last1 = Whitney
  | first1 = W.D
  | first2 = B.E. |last2 = Smith
  | page = 6504
  | publisher = The Century Co.
  | date = 1911
}}</ref> and '''volumetric analysis''') is a common laboratory method of [[Quantitative research|quantitative]] [[Analytical chemistry|chemical analysis]] to determine the [[concentration]] of an identified [[analyte]] (a substance to be analyzed). A [[reagent]], termed the ''titrant'' or ''titrator'',<ref>
{{Cite book
  | title = Compendium for Basal Practice in Biochemistry
  | publisher = Aarhus University
  | year = 2008
}}</ref> is prepared as a [[standard solution]] of known [[concentration]] and [[volume]]. The titrant reacts with a [[Solution (chemistry)|solution]] of ''analyte'' (which may also be termed the ''titrand''<ref>{{Cite web
  | title = Titrand
  | work = Science & Technology Dictionary
  | publisher = McGraw-Hill
  | url = http://www.answers.com/topic/titrand
  | access-date = 30 September 2011
}}</ref>) to determine the analyte's concentration. The volume of titrant that reacted with the analyte is termed the ''titration volume''.