Thursday, August 23, 2018

acid base - How to create a buffer using CH3COOH and CH3COONa that has a pH of exactly 3.75?



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=1.78×104 M


NaCHX3COONaX++CHX3COOX(common ion effect)CHX3COOHHX++CHX3COOX


Ka=[HX+][CHX3COOX][CHX3COOH]1.8×105=(1.78×104)[CHX3COOX][CHX3COOH][CHX3COOX][CHX3COOH]=(1.8×105)(1.78×104)[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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