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Offline Jordi

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Question involving pH/pKa's
« on: September 30, 2008, 08:45:18 PM »
A compound has a pKa of 7.4. To 100 mL of a 1.0 M solution of this compound at pH 8.0 is added 30 mL of 1.0 M HCl. What is the resulting solution pH?

I use M_1 / V_1 = M_2 / V_2 where M_1 = 10^-8.0 so (0.00000001 M) / 0.100 L = M_2 / (0.130 L) => M_2 = 0.000000013 => pH = 7.9. But the answer is 7.4, and I'm not sure how to get this. Perhaps I incorporate the pKa? How?

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Re: Question involving pH/pKa's
« Reply #1 on: October 01, 2008, 02:55:23 AM »
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