An open flask is half filled with water at 25°C.
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Answer: a) pH = 13.00 : basic
b) : basic
c) pOH = 5.00 : basic
d) : acidic
Explanation:
pH or pOH is the measure of acidity or alkalinity of a solution.
pH is calculated by taking negative logarithm of hydrogen ion concentration.
Acids have pH ranging from 1 to 6.9 and bases have pH ranging from 7.1 to 14.Neutral substances have pH of 7.
a) pH = 13.00
As pH is more than 7, the solution is basic.
b)
Putting in the values:
As pH is more than 7, the solution is basic.
c) pOH = 5.00
As pH is more than 7, the solution is basic.
d)
Putting in the values:
As pH is less than 7, the solution is acidic.
The solution shall contain only (and water) at the equivalence point. Both potassium hydroxide and nitric acid exist as strong electrolytes. As a result,
, the salt derived from a reaction between the two species would undergo hydrolysis of a negligible extent. This neutralization reaction therefore be neutral at the equilibrium point.
The question states that the solution is "titrated with a ... nitric acid solution" indicating that is added to the initially-basic solution. PH value of the solution would keep decreasing as the volume of the acid added increases. The final solution would be acidic as it contains not only water and
, but some
as well. Bromothymol blue would therefore demonstrates a yellow color, the color it present in an acidic solution, at the end of the titration.