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- Does the pH of the solution increase, decrease, or stay the same when you (a) Add solid sodium oxalate, Na2C2O4, to 50.0 mL of 0.015-M oxalic acid? (b) Add solid ammonium chloride to 100. mL of 0.016-M HCl? (c) Add 20.0 g NaCl to 1.0 L of 0.012-M sodium acetate, NaCH3COO?arrow_forwardWrite an equation for each of the following buffering actions. a. the response of a HPO42/PO43 buffer to the addition of OH ions b. the response of a HF/F buffer to the addition of OH ions c. the response of a HCN/CN buffer to the addition of H3O+ ions d. the response of a H3PO4/H2PO4 buffer to the addition of H3O+ ionsarrow_forwardIdentify each pair that could form a buffer. (a) HCl and CH3COOH (b) NaH2PO4 and Na2HPO4 (c) H2CO3 and NaHCO3arrow_forward
- Phenol, C6H5OH, is a weak organic acid. Suppose 0.515 g of the compound is dissolved in enough water to make 125 mL of solution. The resulting solution is titrated with 0.123 M NaOH. C6H5OH(aq) + OH(aq) C6H5O(aq) + H2O() (a) What is the pH of the original solution of phenol? (b) What are the concentrations of all of the following ions at the equivalence point: Na+, H3O+, OH, and C6H5O? (c) What is the pH of the solution at the equivalence point?arrow_forwardA solution made up of 1.0 M NH3 and 0.50 M (NH4)2SO4 has a pH of 9.26. a Write the net ionic equation that represents the reaction of this solution with a strong acid. b Write the net ionic equation that represents the reaction of this solution with a strong base. c To 100. mL of this solution, 10.0 mL of 1.00 M HCl is added. How many moles of NH3 and NH4+ are present in the reaction system before and after the addition of the HCl? What is the pH of the resulting solution? d Why did the pH change only slightly upon the addition of HCl?arrow_forwardAn important component of blood is the buffer combination of bicarbonate ion and carbonic acid. Consider blood with a pH of 7.42. a What is the ratio of [H2CO3] to [HCO3]? b What does the pH become if 15% of the bicarbonate ions are converted to carbonic acid? c What does the pH become if 25% of the carbonic acid molecules are converted to bicarbonate ions?arrow_forward
- Enough water is added to the buffer in Question 29 to make the total volume 10.0 L. Calculate (a) the pH of the buffer. (b) the pH of the buffer after the addition of 0.0500 mol of HCl to 0.600 L of diluted buffer. (c) the pH of the buffer after the addition of 0.0500 mol of NaOH to 0.600 L of diluted buffer. (d) Compare your answers to Question 29(a)-(c) with your answers to (a)-(c) in this problem. (e) Comment on the effect of dilution on the pH of a buffer and on its buffer capacity.arrow_forwardFor conjugate acidbase pairs, how are Ka and Kb related? Consider the reaction of acetic acid in water CH3CO2H(aq)+H2O(l)CH3CO2(aq)+H3O+(aq) where Ka = 1.8 105 a. Which two bases are competing for the proton? b. Which is the stronger base? c. In light of your answer to part b. why do we classify the acetate ion (CH3CO2) as a weak base? Use an appropriate reaction to justify your answer. In general, as base strength increases, conjugate acid strength decreases. Explain why the conjugate acid of the weak base NH3 is a weak acid. To summarize, the conjugate base of a weak acid is a weak base and the conjugate acid of a weak base is a weak acid (weak gives you weak). Assuming Ka for a monoprotic strong acid is 1 106, calculate Kb for the conjugate base of this strong acid. Why do conjugate bases of strong acids have no basic properties in water? List the conjugate bases of the six common strong acids. To tie it all together, some instructors have students think of Li+, K+, Rb+, Cs+, Ca2+, Sr2+, and Ba2+ as the conjugate acids of the strong bases LiOH, KOH. RbOH, CsOH, Ca(OH)2, Sr(OH)2, and Ba(OH)2. Although not technically correct, the conjugate acid strength of these cations is similar to the conjugate base strength of the strong acids. That is, these cations have no acidic properties in water; similarly, the conjugate bases of strong acids have no basic properties (strong gives you worthless). Fill in the blanks with the correct response. The conjugate base of a weak acid is a_____base. The conjugate acid of a weak base is a_____acid. The conjugate base of a strong acid is a_____base. The conjugate acid of a strong base is a_____ acid. (Hint: Weak gives you weak and strong gives you worthless.)arrow_forwardIdentify each pair that could form a buffer. (a) NaOH and NaCl (b) NaOH and NH3 (c) Na3PO4 and Na2HPO4arrow_forward
- Methyl orange, HMO, is a common acid-base indicator. In solution it ionizes according to the equation: HMOaqH+aq+MO-aqredyellow If methyl orange is added to distilled water, the solution turns yellow. If 1 drop or two of 6 M HCl is added to the yellow solution, it turns red. If to that solution one adds a few drops of 6 M NaOH, the color reverts to yellow. a. Why does adding 6 M HCl to the yellow solution of methyl orange tend to cause the color to change to red? Note that in solution HCl exists as H+ and Cl- ions. b. Why does adding 6 M NaOH to the red solution tend to make it turn back to yellow? Note that in solution NaOH exists as Na+ and OH- ions. How does increasing OH- shift Reaction 3 in the discussion section? How would the resulting change in H+ affect the dissociation reaction of HMO?arrow_forward. A buffered solution is prepared containing acetic acid, HC2H3O2, and sodium acetate, NaC2H3O2, both at 0.5 M. Write a chemical equation showing how this buffered solution would resist a decrease in its pH if a few drops of aqueous strong acid HCI solution were added to it. Write a chemical equation showing how this buffered solution would resist an increase in its pH if a few drops of aqueous strong base NaOH solution were added to it.arrow_forwardConsider sodium acrylate, NaC3H3O2. Ka for acrylic acid (its conjugate acid) is 5.5 105. (a) Write a balanced net ionic equation for the reaction that makes aqueous solutions of sodium acrylate basic. (b) Calculate Kb for the reaction in (a). (c) Find the pH of a solution prepared by dissolving 1.61 g NaC3H3O2 in enough water to make 835 mL of solution.arrow_forward
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