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Offline vmaggio

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pH question help
« on: August 06, 2007, 11:43:31 AM »
What is the pH of a buffer made by mixing 50.0mL of 0.100M potassium hydrogen phthalate (KHP) with 13.6mL of 0.100M NaOH and diluting the mixture to 100.0mL with water? Ka2 = 3.6 x 10-6 for KHP.

A.3.25
B. 5.08
C. 5.51
D. 5.94




I am lost.




i started by getting mols of each.

mol/.050L = .005M
mol/.0136L= .00136M

-log(ka)= 5.44

i know i have to use the HH question, but i cant seem to figure out to correct method for the concentrations =\
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Re: pH question help
« Reply #1 on: August 06, 2007, 12:02:55 PM »
You can calculate concentration of both reagents in the final volume, then do stoichiometry on concentrations


HP- + OH- =P2- + H2O
0.05 M --------- 0.0136 --------- 0.0136
0.0364 (rest)
and use HH equation properly with these numbers (HP- is an acid, P2- - its conjugated base)
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