The aim of the competition is to accurately determine the unknown concentration of an acid by using titration techniques. The performance of a team is determined by its total score which is a sum of the scores achieved by each of the team members. The closer a team member is to determining the correct concentration the lower the score. Thus, lower scores are better.
The following may be received from the competition:
- a medal for each member of the winning team at a venue
- a certificate of Excellence for a team with a score of 100 or less
- a certificate of Merit for a team score of between 100 and 200
- a certificate of Participation for a team score greater than 200.
In addition, a team with outstanding performance may be invited to the prestigious Royal Australian Chemical Institute National Titration Competition.
Each year at Georges River College Oatley Senior Campus, we enter 5 teams into the NSW competition, where we score favourably against other schools. In fact, for the last 14 years we have consistently scored better than most other comprehensive high schools. We have also managed to get at least one team into the National competition for the last 10 years straight.
