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If you had a liter of buffer that originally consisted of 0.150 M acetic acid (Ka = 1.76 X 10-5) and 0.250 M sodium acetate and then added 0.020 mol of NaOH, what would then be the final pH? Assume the volume of the added NaOH to be negligable.
no of moles of CH3COOH = molarity * volume in L
= 0.15*1 = 0.15 moles
no of moles of CH3COONa = molarity * volume in L
= 0.25 *1 = 0.25 moles
Ka = 1.76*10^-5
PKa = -logKa
= -log1.76*10^-5
= 4.7544
PH = PKa + log[CH3COONa]/[CH3COOH]
= 4.7544 + log0.25/0.15
= 4.7544 + 0.2218 = 4.9762
no of moles of NaOH = 0.02moles
no of moles of CH3COOH by the addition of 0.02moles of NaOH = 0.15-0.02 = 0.13 moles
no of moles of CH3COONa by the addtion of 0.02 moles of NaOH = 0.25+0.02 = 0.27moles
PH = Pka + log[CH3COONa]/[CH3COOH]
= 4.7544 + log0.27/0.13
= 4.7544 + 0.3174 = 5.0718 >>>>answer