FOUNDATION CHEMISTRY II 30

mar
CHM096
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DEC 2017 - MAR 2018

ASSIGNMENT 1

Student’s Name Student’s ID

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Group

Lecturer’s
Name
Tutor’s Name

Note:
This is a group assignment. Students are requested to form a group of five persons maximum.
Due date: 12 February 2018
QUESTION 1
a. Lakes that have been acidified by acid rain which contain nitric acid, HNO3 can
be neutralized by the addition of limestone (CaCO3). How much limestone (in
kg) is required to completely neutralize a 4.3 x 109 liter lake with a pH of 5.5?
(3 marks)
b. -7
A student mistakenly calculates the pH of a 1.0 X 10 M HI solution to be 7.0.
Explain why this calculation is incorrect and predict the correct pH.
(2 marks)

QUESTION 2

In a titration of 20.0 cm3 of 0.1 M CH3COOH with 0.1 M NaOH,

a. What is the pH after 2.0 cm3 of NaOH solution has been added? (Ka of
CH3COOH is 1.8 x 10-5)
(3 marks)
b. 3
Calculate the pH of the solution after 20.0 cm of NaOH is added?
(2 marks)

QUESTION 3

a. You are provided with solid sodium ethanoate, CH3COONa, and an aqueous
solution of 0.10 M ethanoic acid, CH3COOH. Explain how you would prepare
500 cm3 of a buffer solution with pH of 5.00. (pKa of CH3COOH = 4.74)
(3 marks)
b. One of the buffer system in human blood is the carbonic acid/
hydrogencarbonate equilibrium shown below,

𝐶𝑂2 (𝑔) + 𝐻2 𝑂(𝑙) ⇌ 𝐻 + (𝑎𝑞) + 𝐻𝐶𝑂3− (𝑎𝑞)

Explain how this mixture acts as a buffer.

(3 marks)

QUESTION 4
One of the common over-the-counter drugs is aspirin (acetylsalicylic acid), which has
a pKa of 3.5. Absorption aspirin in the body when the drug is in the unionized state, as
unionized molecules are lipophilic enough to cross the cell membrane.
a. Calculate the ratio of ionized/unionized of the aspirin in the
i. stomach, where pH is 1.
ii. intestine, where pH is 6.
(4 marks)
b. Based on the above calculations, which part of body that the aspirin is
absorbed? Provide explanation to your selection.
(2 marks)

QUESTION 5

Two 25.0 mL samples, one 0.10 M HCl and the other 0.10 M HF, were titrated with
0.20 M KOH. Answer each of the following questions regarding these two titrations.

a. What is the volume of added base at the equivalence point for each titration?
(2 marks)
b. Predict whether the pH at the equivalence point for each titration will be acidic
basic or neutral?
(2 marks)
c. Make a rough sketch of each titration curve and label the buffer region if any.
(2 marks)
d. Suggest a suitable indicator from the list below for both titrations.

Indicator pH range
Methyl orange 3.2-4.4
Bromothymol blue 6.0-7.6
Thymol blue 8.0-9.6
Clayton yellow 12.2-13.2

(2 marks)