Equilibria Flashcards
conjugate acid
transfers proton to its conjugate base
conjugate base
accepts a proton from its conjugate acid
what is Kw
Kw = [H+][OH-] Kw = [H+]^2
Calculate the pH of a solution H+ is 5.32 x 10^-4 moldm-3
pH = -log[H+]
= -log(5.32 x 10^-4)
= 3.27
what is Ka of CH3COOH –> H+ + CH3COO-
[H+][CH3COO-]/[CH3COOH]
[H+][A-]/[HA]
what is pKa
pKa = -logKa
Calculate the [H+] from pH 5.40
10^-5.4
= 3.98 x 10^-6 mol dm-3
Calculate the value of Ka for methanoic acid. A solution of 0.010 mol dm-3 HCOOH, has a pH of 2.90
pH = 10^-2.90
= 1.26 x 10^-3
(1.26 x 10^-3)^2/0.010
= 1.59 x 10^-4 moldm-3
Calculate the pH of 0.1 mol dm-3 CH3COOH (Ka = 1.74 x 10^-5 mol dm-3)
Ka = [H+]^2/[CH3COOH] 1.74 x 10^-5 = [H+]^2/ 0.1 [H+]^2 = 1.74 x 10^-6 [H+] = 1.32 x 10^-3 pH = -log[1.32 x 10^-3] pH = 2.88
Calculate the hydrogen ion concentration of a solution whose pH is 10.5
[H+] = 10^-10.5 [H+] = 3.16 x 10^-11
Calculate the pH of a solution of sodium hydroxide 0.05 mol dm-3 / Kw = 1.00 x 10^-14 mol2dm-6
Kw = [H+][OH-] 1.00 X 10^-14 = [H+][0.0500] [H+] = 2.00 x 10^-13 mol dm-3 pH = -log[2.00 x 10^-13] pH = 12.7
buffer solutiona
a solution in which resists the changes in pH when small amounts of H+ or OH- are added / weak conjugate pair
how to make a buffer solution
2 ways
- weak acid and conjugate base
- weak base and conjugate acid
weak ethanoic acid and sodium ethanoate
weak ethanoic acid CH3COOH only partially dissociates. CH3COONa is fully ionised and forms CH3COO-.
Conjugate pair to form buffer solution
CH3COOH H+ + CH3COO-
when H+ is added, equilibrium moves to the left but the high concentrations of the conjugate pair won’t be changed significantly so pH doesn’t change too much
when OH- is added, H+ is reduced so equilibrium move to the right
calculate pH of buffer solution
0.05 mol dm-3 methanoic acid and 0.1 moldm-3 sodium methanoate / Ka = 1.60 x 10^-4
[H+] = Ka x [acid]/[salt] = 1.60 x 10^-4 x 0.05/0.1 = 8 x 10^-5 pH = -log(H+) pH = 4.10