Titration of mixtures of acids of nearly equal strengths

Accurate and precise experimental methods that were developed for the purpose of determining stability constants in aqueous solutions are employed in titrations of acids which have nearly equal strengths. A computer program capable of handling five acids simultaneously has been designed to evaluate the titration data. The results show that it is possible to determine two acids which have stability constants differing by only about one logarithmic unit with an accuracy better than 1%. If the conditions are favourable, it is even possible to analyse a mixture of two acids with about 2% accuracy when the constants differ by as little as 0.2 logarithmic units.