You determine that it takes 26.0 mL of base to neutralize a sample of your unknown acid solution. The pH of the solution was 7.82 when exactly 13 mL of base had been added, you notice that the concentration of the unknown acid was 0.1 M. What is the pKa of your unknown acid?

Answer:

The pK_a value is $pK_a =7.82$

Explanation:

From the question we are told

The volume of base is $V_B = 26.mL = 0.0260L$

The pH of solution is $pH = 7.82$

The concentration of the acid is $C_A = 0.1M$

From the pH we can see that the titration is between a strong base and a weak acid

Let assume that the the volume of acid is $V_A = 18mL= 0.018L$

Generally the concentration of base

$C_B = \frac{C_AV_A}{C_B}$

Substituting value

$C_B = \frac{0.1 * 0.01800}{0.0260}$

$C_B= 0.0692M$

When 13mL of the base is added a buffer is formed

The chemical equation of the reaction is

$HA_{(aq)} + OH^-_{(aq)} --------> A^{+}_{(aq)} + H_2 O_{(l)}$

Now before the reaction the number of mole of base is

$No \ of \ moles[N_B] = C_B * V_B$

Substituting value

$N_B = 0.01300 * 0.0692$

$= 0.0009 \ moles$

Now before the reaction the number of mole of acid is

$No \ of \ moles = C_B * V_B$

Substituting value

$N_A = 0.01800 *0.1$

$= 0.001800 \ moles$

Now after the reaction the number of moles of base is zero i.e has been used up

this mathematically represented as

$N_B ' = N_B - N_B = 0$

The number of moles of acid is

$N_A ' = N_A - N_B$

$= 0.0009\ moles$

The pH of this reaction can be mathematically represented as

$pH = pK_a + log \frac{[base]}{[acid]}$

Substituting values

$7.82 = pK_a +log \frac{0.0009}{0.0009}$

$pK_a =7.82$

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MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

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Answer:

This question will be answered based on general understanding of how a controlled experiment should be:

The answer is: We must make sure we are testing/changing only one variable, and controling others

Explanation:

A controlled experiment is an experiment in which the independent variable is changed for a particular group called the EXPERIMENTAL group and unchanged for another group called the CONTROL group.

In a controlled experiment, only one variable should be tested while the others should be kept constant in order to have an effective result or outcome. This is the case in this question, the type of music or soil should be unchanged for each plant because the experimenter must make sure that he/she is testing/changing only one variable, and controling others.

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