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Consider the titration of 100.0 mL of 0.200 M acetic acid (Ka = 1.8 10-5) by 0.100 M KOH. Calculate the pH of the resulting solution after 0.0mL of KOH has been added.
This titration leads to the formation of a buffer solution.
pH of the buffer solution can be calculated by using Handerson's equation.
pH = pKa + log [salt]/[acid]
but we need t calculate the pH of only the weak acid that is acetic acid.(since volume of KOH os 0.0ml)
CH3COOH <=> CH3COO- +H+
I 0.2M 0 0
C -x +x +x
E 0.2-x x x
Ka = x2 / (0.2-x)
1.8x10-5 = x2 / 0.2 (since 0.2-x = 0.2 because 0.2>>x)
therefore x2 = 3.6 x 10^-6
x = 1.897 x 10^-3
[H+] = 1.897 x 10^-3
pH = -log ( 1.897 x 10^-3)
= 2.72