If you add 0.001 moles of sodium chloride to a liter of water, what will be the pH of the solution?
1 answer:
Answer:
The pH of the resulting solution will be 7.
Explanation:
Sodium chloride is a salt that is formed from the reaction of sodium hydroxide (a strong base) and hydrochloric acid ( a strong acid), as shown below.
Generally, when strong acids react with strong bases, neutral salts and water are formed. Sodium Chloride (NaCl) is an example of such neutral salts formed.
Since sodium chloride (NaCl) is neutral, its concentration will not alter the pH of the water and the pH of the resulting solution will be 7.
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<u>Given information:</u>
A solution with a high H+ ion concentration
<u>To determine:</u>
The nature of pH of such a solution
<u>Explanation:</u>
pH is a measure of the H+ ion concentration in a given solution. Lower the pH higher will be the H+ concentration and the solution is termed acidic. In contrast, if the pH is higher the H+ concentration will be lower and the solution is basic.
Mathematically,
pH = -log[H+]
[H+] =
pH = 2; [H+] = 10⁻²M
pH = 7; [H+] = 10⁻⁷M
pH = 13; [H+] = 10⁻¹³M
pH = 14; [H+] = 10⁻¹⁴M
Ans: (a)
Thus, the highest concentration of H+ ions is for a solution of pH = 2