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Offline boomvoom4000

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Acid-Base Ph question
« on: July 10, 2014, 07:44:37 PM »
A 5.25 g sample of NH4Br is dissolved in water to make 850 mL of solution. What is the pH of the solution? Kb (NH3) = 1.8 × 10-5. I found molarity initial to be .062

I found Ka of NH4 to be 5.6 x 10^10. I then set up the ICE box from the net reaction 
NH4+ + H2::equil:: NH3 + H30+
 I got pH to be 5.23 but answer says it is 11.02??

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Re: Acid-Base Ph question
« Reply #1 on: July 11, 2014, 02:38:01 AM »
5.23 it is, answer key is wrong. They calculated pH for solution of ammonia, not ammonium ion.

For the record: Ka of ammonium ion is 5.6×10-10. Most likely just a typo on your side.
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Re: Acid-Base Ph question
« Reply #2 on: July 11, 2014, 12:50:26 PM »
Thanks! I've been stuck on this one for soo long!

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