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1. what is: A. the conjugate base of carbonic acid, H2CO3? B. Conjugate acid of

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Question

1. what is: A. the conjugate base of carbonic acid, H2CO3? B. Conjugate acid of the HSO4- ion? And how do you know this. Explain.

2. You add 0.235 g of KOH to 200.0 mL of water at 25 degrees celcius. What is [H30+] in this solution? (the answer is 4.77*10^-13 I just dont know how to solve it).

3. An acid-base equilibrium system is created by dissolving 0.20mol CH3COOH in water and diluting the resulting solution to a volume of 1.0 L. What is the effect of adding 0.020 mol CH3COO-(aq) to this solution? How will pH change? (calculate the pH before and after the addition Ka of CH3COOH is 1.76*10^-5)? How will conentrations of CH3COOH and CH3COO- at equilibrium change?

Explanation / Answer

1) H2CO3 ----> HCO3-(conjugate base) + H+

    HSO4- ----> SO4^-2(conjugate base) + H+

2) Molarity of KOH solution(M) = (w/M)*(1000/V)

                                = (0.235/56.1)*(1000/200)

                                = 0.0209 M
so that, [OH-] = 0.0209 M

[H3O+] = kW/[OH-]

        = (1.0*10^-14)/(0.0209)

        = 4.77*10^-13 M


3) concentration of CH3COOH = 0.2/1 = 0.2 M

pH before

    pH = 1/2(pka-logC)

       = 1/2(4.75-log0.2)

       = 2.72

   concentration of ch3coo- = 0.02/1 = 0.02 M

pH after addition


pH = pka + log(CH3COO-/CH3COOH)

    pka of CH3COOH = -logKa

                   = -log(1.76*10^-5)

                   = 4.75

pH = 4.75+log(0.02/0.2)

     = 3.75