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zavuch27 [327]
4 years ago
8

A 4.36-g sample of an unknown alkali metal hydroxide is dissolved in 100.0 mL of water. An acid-base indicator is added, and the

resulting solution is titrated with 2.50 M HCl(aq) solution. The indicator changes color, signaling that the equivalence point has been reached, after 17.0 mL of the hydrochloric acid solution has been added . What is the identity of the alkali metal cation:
Li+,Na+,K+,Rb+,
or
Cs+?
Chemistry
1 answer:
BARSIC [14]4 years ago
6 0

Answer:

Rb+

Explanation:

Since they are telling us that the equivalence point was reached after 17.0 mL of   2.5 M HCl were added , we can calculate the number of moles of HCl which neutralized our unknown hydroxide.

Now all the choices for the metal cation are monovalent, therefore the general formula for our unknown is XOH and  we know the reaction is 1 equivalent acid to 1 equivalent base. Thus we have the number of moles, n,  of XOH and from the relation n = M/MW we can calculate the molecular weight of XOH.

Thus our calculations are:

V = 17.0 mL x 1 L / 1000 mL = 0.017 L

2.5 M HCl x 0.017 L = 2.5 mol/ L x 0.017 L = 0.0425 mol

0.0425 mol = 4.36 g/ MW XOH

MW of XOH = (atomic weight of X + 16 + 1)

so solving the above equation we get:

0.0425 = 4.36 / (X + 17 )

0.7225 +0.0425X = 4.36

0.0425X = 4.36 -0.7225 = 3.6375

X = 3.6375/0.0425 = 85.59

The unknown alkali is Rb which has an atomic weight of 85.47 g/mol

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