I need to create a buffer using CHX3COOH and CHX3COONa that has a pH of exactly 3.75.
A 50 mL sample of your buffered solution will have to be able to withstand the addition of 25.0 mL of 0.100 M NaOH solution.
The buffered solution will break after the addition of no more than 35.0 mL of the 0.10 M NaOH.
Here is what I have so far:
pH=3.75⟹[HX+]=10 −3.75M=1.78×10−4 M
NaCHX3COO⟶NaX++CHX3COOX−(common ion effect)CHX3COOH−⇀↽−HX++CHX3COOX−
Ka=[HX+][CHX3COOX−][CHX3COOH]1.8×10−5=(1.78×10−4)[CHX3COOX−][CHX3COOH][CHX3COOX−][CHX3COOH]=(1.8×10−5)(1.78×10−4)[CHX3COOX−][CHX3COOH]=0.1011:1 (ratio)
I found the ratio of [NaCHX3COOX−] to [CHX3COOH], but I don't know what to do from here.
EDIT: "Break": The point where there's no acid left and the solution stops acting as a buffer. "Withstand": meaning that there can be a pH change of at most 1.0. Thanks, guys!
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