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George measures out a volume of 0.381 M HCl in an Erlenmeyer flask. He adds 28 mL of deionized water. He finds that 21.95 mL of 0.445 M NaOH is required to completely neutralize the acidic solution. What volume of HCl did he initially obtain?
HCl + NaOH -----------------> NaCl + H2O
1 mole 1 moles
HCl NaOH
M1 = 0.381M M2 = 0.445M
V1 = V2 = 21.95ml
n1 = 1 n2 =1
M1V1/n1 = M2V2/n2
V1 = M2V2n1/M1n2
= 0.445*21.95*1/0.381*1
= 25.64ml
initial volume of HCL = 25.64ml