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In the titration of 30.0 mL of a 0.200 M solution of a hypothetical compound NaH2M, what is the pH of the solution after the addition of 30.0 mL of 0.100 M NaOH? For H3M, pKa1 = 3.00, pKa2 = 6.00, and pKa3 = 9.00.?
The answer is 6.0 which is not what I got in my work. Please help me out !
[NaH2M] = molarity x volume in Litres = 0.2 M X 0.03 L = 0.006 mol
[NaOH] = molarity x volume in Litres = 0.1 M X 0.03 L = 0.003 mol
NaH2M + NaOH ---------------> Na2HM + H2O pKa2 = 6
0.006 mol 0.003 mol 0
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0.006 - 0.003 0 0.003 mol
= 0.003 mol
Hence,
[NaH2M ] = 0.003 mol
[Na2HM] = 0.003 mol
pKa = pKa2 = 6
From Henderson-Hasselbalch equation,
pH = pKa + log [ conjugate base]/ [acid]
= pKa + log [Na2HM] / [NaH2M]
= 6 + log ( 0.003/0.003)
= 6 + 0
= 6
Therefore,
pH = 6