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Question #48. In a titration experiment, 50 mL of 0.1 M acetic acid (Ka = 1.75 x 10-5) was titrated with a 0.1 M NaOH (formal concentration) at 25 ºC. The pH of the solution at the equivalence point will be this: Please show work (1) 7.00; (2) 8.73; (3) 9.06; (4) None of the above
answer : (2) 8.73
millimoles of acetic acid = 50 x 0.1 = 5
millimoles of base = 0.1 x V = 0.1V
at equivalence point millimoles of acid = millimoles of base
5 = 0.1 V
V = 50 mL
CH3COOH + NaOH ------------------> CH3COONa + H2O
5 5 0 0
0 0 5 5
here salt only remains . so
[salt] = millimoles of salt / total volume
= 5 / (50 + 50)
= 0.05 M
pH = 7 + 1/2 (pKa + log C)
= 7 + 1/2 (4.76 + log 0.05)
= 8.73
pH = 8.73