Acid/Base

1. What is the pH of a 0.10M KOH solution?

2. Find the pH of a 0.010M solution of acetic acid (Ka = 1.78*10-5).
3. Calculate the pH of the following solutions: a) 0.25M CH3NH3Cl(aq);
b) 0.13M NaSO3
4. Calculate the pH of a solution of 2.0*10-8M HNO3.
5. Explain what happens to a) the pH of a solution of phosphoric acid
after the addition of solid sodium dihydrogen phosphate; b) the
percentage deprotonation of HCN in a hydrocyanic acid solution after
the addition of hydrobromic acid.

6. During the surprise laboratory exam for 5.111 you are asked to
analyze a 50mL sample of an unknown weak acid via titration with 0.1
M NaOH. After the addition of 5mL of 0.1M NaOH, you are at the halfequivalence point and the pH of the solution is 6.27.
a) What is the concentration of the unknown acid?
b) What is the pH of the solution before any NaOH is added?
c) What is the pH of the solution after 3mL 0.1M NaOH is added?
d) What is the pH of the solution after 10mL 0.1M NaOH is
added?

e) What is the pH of the solution after 10.10mL of 0.1M NaOH is

added?

Buffer

pKa

Phosphate(pKa1)

2.15

Citrate(pKa1)

3.06

Formate

3.75

Succinate(pKa1)

4.21

Citrate(pKa2)

4.76

Acetate

4.76

Citrate(pKa3)

5.40

Succinate(pKa2)

5.64

Phosphate(pKa2)

7.20

TrisH2NC(CH2OH)3

8.06

Glycine

9.78

Phosphate(pKa3)

12.43

Figure 1. Citric
acid.

7. If you wanted to prepare a buffer at pH 2.80, Which two of the

following compounds would you mix? H3C6H5O7, NaH2C6H5O7, Na2HC6H5O7, and
Na3C6H5O7