Table 2.

Determination of stearic acid dissociated in CH₃COONa and Na₂HPO₄ solution.

	Sodium acetate		Disodium hydrogen phosphate
Alkali consumption at pH 7.8 (mL)	Stearic acid weight (g)	Yield* (%)	Alkali consumption at pH 9.2 (mL)	Stearic acid weight (g)	Yield* (%)
0.672	0.1040	6.78	2.344	0.1430	28.85
0.831	0.1526	7.58	3.967	0.2904	30.26
0.936	0.2044	7.13	5.536	0.4298	30.94
1.052	0.2505	7.13	6.673	0.5580	29.69
1.228	0.3008	7.60	8.376	0.7173	29.92
1.335	0.3513	7.37	9.764	0.8572	29.69
1.451	0.4045	7.22	11.467	1.0011	30.31
1.573	0.4565	7.16	12.801	1.1401	29.97
	Avg. Yield	7.25		Avg. Yield	29.95

*Based on standard alkali consumption corrected for intercept.