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DochEvi [55]
3 years ago
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Buffer preparation. You wish to prepare a buffer consisting of acetic acid and sodium acetate with a total acetic acid plus acet

ate concentration of 250 mM and a pH of 5.0. What concentrations of acetic acid and sodium acetate should you use? Assuming you wish to make 2 liters of this buffer, how many moles of acetic acid and sodium acetate will you need? How many grams of each will you need (molecular weights: acetic acid 60. 05 g mol 1, sodium acetate, 82. 03 g mol 1)?
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1 answer:
Hoochie [10]3 years ago
8 0

Answer:

0.182 moles of acetic acid are needed, this means 10.93 g.

0.318 moles of sodium acetate are needed, this means 26.08 g.

Explanation:

The Henderson–Hasselbalch (<em>H-H</em>) equation tells us the relationship between the concentration of an acid, its conjugate base, and the pH of a buffer:

pH = pka + log\frac{[A^{-} ]}{[HA]}

In this case, [A⁻] is the concentration of sodium acetate, and [HA] is the concentration of acetic acid. The pka is a value that can be looked up in literature: 4.76.

From the problem we know that

[A⁻] + [HA] = 250 mM = 0.250 M     eq. 1

We use the <em>H-H</em> equation, using the data we know, to describe [A⁻] in terms of [HA]:

5.0 = 4.76 + log\frac{[A^{-} ]}{[HA]}

0.24=log\frac{[A^{-} ]}{[HA]}\\\\10^{0.24}=\frac{[A^{-} ]}{[HA]}\\ 1.74 [HA] = [A^{-}]        eq.2

Now we replace the value of [A⁻] in eq. 1, to calculate [HA]:

1.74 [HA] + [HA] = 0.250 M

[HA] = 0.091 M

Then we calculate [A⁻]:

[A⁻] + 0.091 M = 0.250 M

[A⁻] = 0.159 M

Using the volume, we can calculate the moles of each substance:

  • moles of acetic acid = 0.091 M * 2 L = 0.182 moles
  • moles of sodium acetate = 0.159 M * 2 L = 0.318 moles

Using the molecular weight, we can calculate the grams of each substance:

  • grams of acetic acid = 0.182 mol * 60.05 g/mol = 10.93 g
  • grams of sodium acetate =  0.318 mol * 82.03 g/mol = 26.08 g

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