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Calculate the pH of a buffer solution #1?

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A buffer solution is made with:

40.0 mLs of 0.100 M acetic acid

20.0 mLs of 0.100 M NaOH

20.0 mLs of Deionized water

Use the Henderson-Hasselbalch equation to calculate the pH of the buffer solution

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  1. Ka = 1.8 e-5 . pKa = 4.74

    0.0400Litres @ 0.100 mol/litre acetic = 0.004 moles acetic acid

    0.0200 litres @ 0.100mol/litre NaOH = 0.002 moles NaOH

    these react & after words you have 0.002 moles of acid left over in 0.080 litres = 0.025 molar acid

    but you have produced 0.002 moles of sodium acetate in 0.080 litres = 0.025 molar acetate

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    Henderson-Hasselbalch

    pH = pKa + log ( [anion] / [acid])

    pH = pKa + log ( [0.025] / [0.025])

    pH = pKa + log 1

    pH = pKa + 0

    pH = pKa

    your answer: pH = 4.74

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