Explanation:
One example of a chemical reaction is the rusting of a steel garbage can. That rusting happens because the iron (Fe) in the metal combines with oxygen (O2) in the atmosphere. Chemical bonds are created and destroyed to finally make iron oxide (Fe2O3).
The molarity of formic acid is 100 mM or
. The dissociation reaction of formic acid is as follows:

The expression for dissociation constant of the reaction will be:
![K_{a}=\frac{[HCOO^{-}][H^{+}]}{[HCOOH]}](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=K_%7Ba%7D%3D%5Cfrac%7B%5BHCOO%5E%7B-%7D%5D%5BH%5E%7B%2B%7D%5D%7D%7B%5BHCOOH%5D%7D)
Rearranging,
![[HCOO^{-}]=\frac{K_{a}[HCOOH]}{[H^{+}]}](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5BHCOO%5E%7B-%7D%5D%3D%5Cfrac%7BK_%7Ba%7D%5BHCOOH%5D%7D%7B%5BH%5E%7B%2B%7D%5D%7D)
Here, pH of solution is 4.15 thus, concentration of hydrogen ion will be:
![[H^{+}]=10^{-pH}=10^{-4.15}=7.08\times 10^{-5}M](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5BH%5E%7B%2B%7D%5D%3D10%5E%7B-pH%7D%3D10%5E%7B-4.15%7D%3D7.08%5Ctimes%2010%5E%7B-5%7DM)
Similarly,
thus,

Putting the values,
![[HCOO^{-}]=\frac{(1.78\times 10^{-4}M)(100\times 10^{-3}M)}{(7.08\times 10^{-5}M}=0.2511 M](https://tex.z-dn.net/?f=%5BHCOO%5E%7B-%7D%5D%3D%5Cfrac%7B%281.78%5Ctimes%2010%5E%7B-4%7DM%29%28100%5Ctimes%2010%5E%7B-3%7DM%29%7D%7B%287.08%5Ctimes%2010%5E%7B-5%7DM%7D%3D0.2511%20M)
Therefore, the concentration of formate will be 0.2511 M.