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Lab Experiment 11 Acid‐Base III – pH Indicators, Salts, and Buffers
4. Experimentally, acetate buffer HC2H3O2‐C2H3O2 ‐ can be prepared in different ways.
a. Calculate the approximate pH of an acetate buffersolution prepared by mixing equal volumes of 0.10 M HC2H3O2 and 0.10 M NaC2H3O2 (Ka, HC2H3O2 = 1.8 x 10‐5 ). Show your work.
b. If an acetate buffer solution was going to be prepared by neutralizing HC2H3O2 with 0.10 M NaOH, what volume (in mL) of 0.10 M NaOH would need to be added to 10.0 mL of 0.10 M HC2H3O2 to prepare a solution with pH = 5.5 ? Show your work.
a]
Buffer formula
pH = pKa + log [Salt] / [Acid]
pKa = -log Ka = - log [ 1.8 x 10‐5 ] = 4.744
pH = 4.744 + log [0.1] / [0.1]
pH = 4.744
Volume doesnt effect the pH value since we are using salt to acid ratio
So answer ---> pH = 4.744
b]
pH = pKa + log [ CH3COONa] / [CH3COOH]
5.5 = 4.744 + log [CH3COONa] / [CH3COOH]
[CH3COONa] / [CH3COOH] = 5.7
x/y = 5.7
x = 5.7y
Moles of CH3COOH = Molarity*V in L = 1 milli mole = 10^-3 mole
MOles of NaOH = 0.1*V
CH3COOH + NaOH -------> CH3COONa
1*10^-3 0.1V 0
10^-3 - 0.1V 0 0.1V
0.1V = 5.7 (10^-3 - 0.1V)
0.1V = 5.7*10^-3 - 0.57V
0.67V = 5.7*10^-3
V = 8.5 ml
VOlume of NaOH needed = 8.5 ml