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Chemistry Forums for Students => Analytical Chemistry Forum => Topic started by: kad3285 on July 07, 2005, 10:25:08 AM
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I need some help calulating the pH of a 100mL solution, at .025M (w/ pkb=4.76) and .075 M ammonium acetate with 1mL of .1 F HCl is added...
I am a little confused with calculating the pH after the addition of another solution.
Can someone point me in the right direction?
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Think of it as a titration of base with acid. Then, at the end, there will be either an excess of base (CH3COO-), excess of acid (H+), or an excess of neither (perfect equivalence point).
Then you can figure things out from there, whether you want to treat the solution as basic or acidic.
Good luck!
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This is what I did to find the standard
pH = 4.76 + log (.025)/(.075) = 4.283
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Now I just treat the addition of HCl as a dilution right?
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Now I just treat the addition of HCl as a dilution right?
No. Adding hydrochloric acid you are converting conjugated base (acetate) into acid (acetic acid).
Take a look here:
http://www.chembuddy.com/?left=pH-calculation&right=pH-buffers-henderson-hasselbalch (http://www.chembuddy.com/?left=pH-calculation&right=pH-buffers-henderson-hasselbalch)
and here:
http://www.chembuddy.com/?left=pH-calculation-questions&right=pH-buffer-q1 (http://www.chembuddy.com/?left=pH-calculation-questions&right=pH-buffer-q1)