Thursday, August 10, 2017

pH of a weak base calculation


Calculate the pH of a 100 mL solution containing 0.0375 moles of the weak base, Sodium Benzoate, CX6HX5COONa.



CX6HX5COO+HX2OCX6HX6COOX+OHX



0.0375 mol.100 L=0.375 M

pOH=0.43
pH=13.57


Is this right? Thank you.




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