Before the titration began, the burette was conditioned. Ten milliliters of deionized water were added to the burette (with the stopcock closed) and the burette was inverted several times. The water was drained and the process was repeated a second time. Next, the burette was conditioned twice with five to ten-milliliter portions of 0.05M NaOH using the process described above. Next, the burette was attached to the ring stand with the burette clamp. A plastic funnel was used to fill the burette to the zero-milliliter mark with the 0.05M NaOH solution and the initial volume was recorded. A stir bar and 50 milliliters of deionized water were added to a 250-milliliter beaker. A ten-milliliter volumetric pipette was used to transfer ten milliliters of the 0.05M acetic acid solution to the