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pH (or the potential of hydrogen) is a scale used to measure how acidic or basic an aqueous solution is.
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pH After titration
$\pu{50mL}$ $\ce{SO2}$ titrated with $\pu{0.1M}$ of $\ce{KBrO4}$ with reaction: $$\ce{KBrO4 + 4SO2 + H2O -> 4H2SO4 + KBr}$$
The equivalent point is reached when the volume of $\ce{KBrO4}$ is ...
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Preparation of Copper (II) Sulfate Pentahydrate Solution
how would you make a solution of Copper (II) Sulfate Pentahydrate to achieve 150, 200, 250 and 300 mgL−1 concentration of copper? I do not have the anhydrous version of the solute. Also, when I ...
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NMR Prediction for compounds at variable pH values
Like the title says, I'm looking for any software package that may be able to simulate a variety of NMR at a variety of different pHs. The majority of the software programs that I've found do not have ...
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What is the benefit of using a pH indicator reagent over pH strips or a meter?
I've recently started getting into chemistry a bit as a hobby. Nothing serious, just amateur level stuff mostly, primarily just to educate myself.
Whenever I need to determine the pH level of a ...
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Seeming discrepancy between pKa and corresponding Ka of methylamine
The first entry in PubChem for the $\mathrm pK_\mathrm a$ of methylamine is $10.657$ at $25\ \mathrm{^\circ C}$. My elementary understanding is that this would be found as the negative log of the $K_\...
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EQPt pH of a Monoprotic Acid-Base Titration: Product of Molarites Over Their Sum
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The Henderson-Hasselbalch equation is as follows. $$pH=-\log\big(K_a\big)+\log\bigg(\frac{[A^-]}{[HA]}\bigg)$$ One may follow its derivation in order to understand how it came to be, yet ...
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Calculating the pH of a solution of sodium carbonate
I've seen similar questions on this site, but I'm having trouble as my book said something else. For a $\pu{0.09989 M}$ solution of $\ce{Na2CO3}$, my book said:
$$\ce{Na2CO3 + 2H2O -> H2CO3 + 2Na+ ...
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Why does final pH value of buffer solution after addition of acid not depend on amount added?
I'm brushing up and the example in my book is against my intuition.
A buffer solution contains 1.0 mol/L acetic acid and 1.0 mol/L
sodium acetate. The solution is at pH = pKa = 4.75. What's the ...
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pH-dependency of the acidic dissociation of carbonic acid
I know the product of $\ce{CO2 +H2O}$ yields $\ce{H2CO3}$. This is a reversible equation so $\ce{H2CO3}$ goes back to $\ce{H2O + CO2}$. However, my question is: Is there a certain pH which will ...
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Titration of hydrochloric acid with sodium hydroxide
I have a question regarding titration of hydrochloric acid with sodium hydroxide. Assume you have a solution of NaOH with pH = 12. With this NaOH you titrate a HCl solution. Then, will the pH of the ...
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Finding the best indicator for titration of a weak base and strong acid (NH3 + HCl) with only a Ka value
The best indicator to use in a standard titration of aqueous $\ce{NH3}$ $(K_\mathrm{a}(\ce{NH4+}) = \pu{5.7E-10})$ with an $\ce{HCl}$ is
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How do I calculate the amount of polyprotic acid and base needed to achieve a certain buffer pH?
e.g. Citric Acid and Trisodium Citrate
$\ce{H3C6H5O7 <=>[ka_1] H2C6H5O7- + H+ <=>[ka_2] HC6H5O7^2- + H+ <=>[ka_3] C6H5O7^3- + H+}$
Using the definition of Ka and substituting for ...
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Numerical on acetic acid - sodium acetate buffer
Starting with 1 L of 2.0 M $\ce{CH3COOH}$, we wish to make a buffer solution of pH=4.00.
Consider two ways to make the buffer:
a) One way would be to add sodium acetate. How many moles must be added?(...
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pH value change with dilution
How does pH value change with dilution for the question shown in the picture? I expect the pH value to increase with dilution. Is there any case where the value remains same with dilution?
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calculating ph of a mixture of acids
I came across a question that couldn't find the answer to and i couldn't find the answer anywhere. The question is the following.
You have a soltion created by dissolving HCN and HBrO in water (T = ...
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How to make a buffer using HClO
If we plan to prepare a buffer with the $\mathrm{pH}$ of $7.35$ using $\ce{HClO}$ ($\mathrm pK_\mathrm a = 7.54$), what mass of the solid sodium salt of the conjugate base is needed to make this ...
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Relating pH and buffer capacity
So, here is the equation for a weak acid - strong base pH curve
And here is the expression gotten when the derivative of concentration of hydronium ions with respect to volume of base added is ...
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Calculating PH of solution after adding strong acid (equilibrium)
Consider the classic example when talking about acids and bases:
Say you have 1M of $\ce{HCL}$ and you throw it into water, calculate the resulting pH (= concentration of $\ce{H3O+}$).
The way this ...
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why the buffer capacity depends on the ratio of salt and acid in acidic buffer?
According to the Henderson–Hasselbatch equation when pH = Pka for any buffer solution then why we say that this is the best buffer?
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How much NaOH I have to add to increase pH?
I'm stuck in solving this problem. I have two solution of $\pu{5 M}$ $\ce{H2SO4}$ that needs two consequential $\mathrm{pH}$ increasing: the first from the natural $\mathrm{pH}$ of $\pu{5 M}$ $\ce{...
