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Piperazine, HN(C4H8)NH, is a diprotic weak base used as a corrosion inhibitor and an insecticide and has the following properties:
pKb1=4.22 pKb2=8.67
For writing the reactions of this base in water, it can be helpful to abbreviate the formula as Pip:
Pip+H2OPipH++H2O??PipH++OH?PipH22++OH?
The piperazine used commercially is a hexahydrate with the formula C4H10N2?6H2O.
a. Calculate the pH after 2.575mL of HCl have been added.
b. Calculate the pH when 12.875mL of HCl has been added.
c. What is the pH at the first midway point?
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