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What mass of Na3PO4 must be added to 82.9 mL of 0.281 M HCL to obtain a buffer with a pH of 7.66?
Ka1(H3PO4) = 7.5x10-3
Ka2(H3PO4) = 6.2x10-8
Ka3(H3PO4) = 3.6x10-13
Mass = ___________ g
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The reaction is Na3PO4 + HCl --> Na2HPO4 + NaCl
Therefore a buffer will be produced from sodium phosphate and
sodium hydrogen phosphate.
80 mL of 0.200 M HCl has 16 mmoles of HCl in the solution. The
Na2HPO4 will be 16 mmoles too. Its concentration is 16/80=0.2
M.
The dissociation constant (pKa) for this reaction is 7.20, so the
Henderson-Hasselbach equation becomes like this:
7.75=7.20+log(Cb/0.2) and log (Cb/0.2)=0.55 and Cb=0.71 M. When in
80 mL of solution, the moles are 56.8 mmoles, so the mass is 56.8
mmol * (69+31+64=194 mg/mmol)=11,019 mg = 11.02 g of Na3PO4 must be
added into HCl solution.
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