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You are asked to prepare 500. mL of a 0.300 M acetate buffer at
pH 4.90 using only pure acetic acid (MW=60.05 g/mol, pKa=4.76),
3.00 M NaOH, and water. Answer the following questions regarding
the preparation of the buffer.
What volume of 3.00 M NaOH must you add to the acetic acid to
achieve a buffer with a pH of 4.90 at a final volume of 500 mL?
(Ignore activity coefficients.)
PH = PKa + log[NaAc]/[HAc]
4.9 = 4.76 + log[NaAc]/[HAc]
log[NaAc]/[HAc] = 4.9-4.76
log[NaAc]/[HAc] = 0.14
[NaAc]/[HAc] = 100.14
[NaAc]/[HAc] = 1.38
[NaAc] = 1.38[HAc]
no of moles of acetic acid (HAc) = molarity * volume in L
= 0.3*0.5 = 0.15moles
total no of moles in buffer = 0.15moles
[NaAc]+[HAc] = 0.15
1.38[HAc]+[HAc] = 0.15
2.38[HAc] = 0.15
[HAc] = 0.15/2.38
[HAc] = 0.063moles
[NaAC] = 0.15-0.063 = 0.087moles
NaOH react with HAc to gives NaAC 0.087 moles of NaOH is needed
no of moles of NaOH = 0.087 moles
molarity of NaOH = no of moles/volume in L
3 = 0.087/volume in L
volume in L = 0.087/3 = 0.029L = 29ml