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pH of a sollution NH3 and AgNO3
« on: February 13, 2016, 02:12:45 PM »
Hi!!
I don't know how  to calculate pH of a solution :

10-2M AgNO3
10-1M NH3

...because i have to   consider  also this reaction:
Ag+ + NH3  >>> Ag(NH3)+    with β1 = K1

Usually in order to calculate pH (without AgNO3) i have to write the charge (or protonic) balance...
In the balance charge i substitute the equlibrium concentration [ i ] with  αi*CNH3 for all the species involved in C.B (where CNH3 is the initial concentration of ammonia)

For example for a solution of (ONLY) NH3 (considered  the  correspondng acid reaction = Ka  ) i have:

αNH4+≡α0= [H+]/ ka +[H+]
αNH3 ≡ α1 =  ka/ ka+[H+]

1)Now my QUESTION is:
IF i have also AgNO3 ( = NH3 can complex Ag+) the αi in the  charge balance are the same or they are changed??

2) And now in the charge balance CNH3 is always equal to   CNH3= [NH4+ [NH3] or is CNH3= [NH4+ [NH3] + [AgNH3+]

Please help me :( !!
Thanks :)

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Re: pH of a sollution NH3 and AgNO3
« Reply #1 on: February 13, 2016, 04:15:25 PM »
1. Calculate stoichiometry of full complex formation reaction
2. For the rest of ammonia calculate pH.

An excess of ammonia will reduce concentration of Ag(NH3)+ to a neglegible value.
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Re: pH of a sollution NH3 and AgNO3
« Reply #2 on: February 15, 2016, 05:34:07 PM »
1. Calculate stoichiometry of full complex formation reaction
2. For the rest of ammonia calculate pH.

An excess of ammonia will reduce concentration of Ag(NH3)+ to a neglegible value.

Understand!!

So I calculate all the complex species (the  concentration []) using the complexiometric equilibrium  formula,then  I can find the exact value of NH3 "free" ....on this NH3 free I calculate the pH

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