{"id":197430,"date":"2025-03-07T07:49:50","date_gmt":"2025-03-07T07:49:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=197430"},"modified":"2025-03-07T07:49:53","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T07:49:53","slug":"how-many-ml-of-4-50m-sodium-hydroxide-must-be-acetic-acid-solutions-to-make-a-buffer-with-phb-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/07\/how-many-ml-of-4-50m-sodium-hydroxide-must-be-acetic-acid-solutions-to-make-a-buffer-with-phb-3\/","title":{"rendered":"How many mL of 4.50M sodium hydroxide must be acetic acid solutions to make a buffer with pHb"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>How many mL of 4.50M sodium hydroxide must be acetic acid solutions to make a buffer with pHb. How many mL of 4.50 M sodium hydroxide must be added to 250.0 mL of a 0.200 Mc. Calculate the pH of a formic acid solution that contains 1.45% formic acid by mass.Question 4a. The pH of the acid and its conjugate base pairbuffer solution can be calculated by using(Assume a density of 1.01 g\/mL for the solution.)acetic acid solution to make a buffer with pH = 5.000?the Anderson Hassel Balch equation:=5.000<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-6-color\"><strong>The correct answer and explanation is :<\/strong><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Question 1: Volume of 4.50M Sodium Hydroxide Needed to Prepare a Buffer Solution<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>We are tasked with determining how many milliliters (mL) of 4.50 M sodium hydroxide (NaOH) must be added to acetic acid (CH\u2083COOH) to make a buffer with a given pH of 5.00.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Relevant Equation: Henderson-Hasselbalch Equation<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>Henderson-Hasselbalch equation<\/strong> relates the pH of a buffer solution to the ratio of the concentrations of its conjugate base (acetate, CH\u2083COO\u207b) and its acid (acetic acid, CH\u2083COOH):<br>[<br>\\text{pH} = \\text{pKa} + \\log \\left(\\frac{[\\text{A}^-]}{[\\text{HA}]}\\right)<br>]<br>where:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>pH is the desired pH of the buffer (5.00 in this case).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>pKa for acetic acid is 4.76.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>([\\text{A}^-]) is the concentration of the conjugate base (acetate).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>([\\text{HA}]) is the concentration of the acid (acetic acid).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Rearranging the equation to find the ratio of the conjugate base to acid:<br>[<br>\\text{pH} &#8211; \\text{pKa} = \\log \\left(\\frac{[\\text{A}^-]}{[\\text{HA}]}\\right)<br>]<br>[<br>5.00 &#8211; 4.76 = \\log \\left(\\frac{[\\text{A}^-]}{[\\text{HA}]}\\right)<br>]<br>[<br>0.24 = \\log \\left(\\frac{[\\text{A}^-]}{[\\text{HA}]}\\right)<br>]<br>[<br>\\frac{[\\text{A}^-]}{[\\text{HA}]} = 10^{0.24} \\approx 1.737<br>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This indicates that the ratio of acetate (conjugate base) to acetic acid is approximately <strong>1.737<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Preparing the Buffer:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>To make this buffer, you need to add NaOH to the acetic acid solution, which will convert some of the acetic acid (HA) into acetate (A\u207b). Since the ratio of acetate to acetic acid needs to be 1.737, we can express this relationship in terms of the volumes and concentrations of the solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Given:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Volume of acetic acid solution = 250.0 mL.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Concentration of acetic acid = 0.200 M.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Concentration of NaOH = 4.50 M.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>We first calculate the amount of acetic acid present:<br>[<br>\\text{moles of acetic acid} = 0.200 \\, \\text{M} \\times 0.250 \\, \\text{L} = 0.050 \\, \\text{mol}<br>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let ( V_{\\text{NaOH}} ) be the volume of NaOH to be added. The moles of NaOH added will equal the moles of acetate formed, so:<br>[<br>\\text{moles of acetate} = 1.737 \\times \\text{moles of acetic acid}<br>]<br>[<br>\\text{moles of acetate} = 1.737 \\times 0.050 = 0.08685 \\, \\text{mol}<br>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since NaOH dissociates completely, the moles of NaOH added will be equal to the moles of acetate formed. Now calculate the volume of NaOH required:<br>[<br>V_{\\text{NaOH}} = \\frac{\\text{moles of NaOH}}{\\text{concentration of NaOH}} = \\frac{0.08685 \\, \\text{mol}}{4.50 \\, \\text{M}} = 0.0193 \\, \\text{L} = 19.3 \\, \\text{mL}<br>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thus, <strong>19.3 mL<\/strong> of 4.50 M NaOH must be added to 250.0 mL of 0.200 M acetic acid to prepare a buffer with pH = 5.00.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Question 2: pH of Formic Acid Solution (1.45% by mass)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, let&#8217;s calculate the pH of a formic acid solution containing <strong>1.45% by mass<\/strong> of formic acid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Relevant Information:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Formic acid (HCOOH) has a pKa of 3.75.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Density of the solution is 1.01 g\/mL.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Assume you have 1 L (1000 mL) of solution.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 1: Calculate the mass of formic acid in 1.00 L of solution<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>[<br>\\text{mass of formic acid} = \\frac{1.45}{100} \\times 1000 = 14.5 \\, \\text{g}<br>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 2: Convert mass to moles<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>The molar mass of formic acid is approximately 46.03 g\/mol, so:<br>[<br>\\text{moles of formic acid} = \\frac{14.5 \\, \\text{g}}{46.03 \\, \\text{g\/mol}} \\approx 0.315 \\, \\text{mol}<br>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 3: Calculate the concentration of formic acid in the solution<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>[<br>[\\text{HCOOH}] = \\frac{0.315 \\, \\text{mol}}{1.00 \\, \\text{L}} = 0.315 \\, \\text{M}<br>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Step 4: Use the Henderson-Hasselbalch equation<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>Assuming no conjugate base is present, we can calculate the pH using the following equation for a weak acid:<br>[<br>\\text{pH} = \\frac{1}{2} (\\text{pKa} &#8211; \\log[\\text{HCOOH}])<br>]<br>[<br>\\text{pH} = \\frac{1}{2} (3.75 &#8211; \\log[0.315])<br>]<br>[<br>\\text{pH} = \\frac{1}{2} (3.75 &#8211; (-0.502)) = \\frac{1}{2} (4.252) = 2.13<br>]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, the <strong>pH of the formic acid solution is approximately 2.13<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conclusion<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>To make a buffer with pH 5.00 from acetic acid, <strong>19.3 mL of 4.50 M sodium hydroxide<\/strong> must be added to 250.0 mL of 0.200 M acetic acid. The pH of a formic acid solution containing 1.45% formic acid by mass is approximately <strong>2.13<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How many mL of 4.50M sodium hydroxide must be acetic acid solutions to make a buffer with pHb. How many mL of 4.50 M sodium hydroxide must be added to 250.0 mL of a 0.200 Mc. Calculate the pH of a formic acid solution that contains 1.45% formic acid by mass.Question 4a. 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