A chemist creates 0.375 L of a 0.18 M acetic acid (CH3COOH) and 0.29 M sodium acetate (CH3COONa) buffer.  Note that the Ka of acetic acid is 1.8 x 10-5.   (a)  Write the chemical equation for how the buffer responds to the addition of HBr. (b)  What is the final pH if 0.0060 mol of HBr are added to the buffer solution

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A chemist creates 0.375 L of a 0.18 M acetic acid (CH3COOH) and 0.29 M sodium acetate (CH3COONa)
buffer.  Note that the Ka of acetic acid is 1.8 x 10-5.

 

(a)  Write the chemical equation for how the buffer responds to the addition of HBr.

(b)  What is the final pH if 0.0060 mol of HBr are added to the buffer solution?

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