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A buffer is prepared by adding 150 mL of 1.0 M NaOH to 250 mL of...

A buffer is prepared by adding 150 mL of 1.0 M NaOH to 250 mL of 1.0 M NaH2PO4. How many moles of HCl must be added to this buffer solution to change the pH by 0.18 units?


The answer is .025mol


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Answer #1

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The pH of a buffer can be calculated as
pH = pKa + log([A-]/[HA])
Your buffer is made up of H2PO4- and HPO42- , because you partially neutralized your acid (H2PO4-) with NaOH.
So,
pKa = 7.20 (second ionization of H3PO4)
HA = H2PO4-
A- = HPO42-
You had 0.25 moles of your HA and added 0.15 moles of NaOH.
Now you have 0.10 moles HA and 0.15 moles A-.
The ratio of concentrations ([A-]/[HA]) is the ratio of moles 0.15/0.10 = 1.5

pH = 7.20 + log(1.5) = 7.20 + 0.18 = 7.38

You want
pH = 7.20 + log(1.0) = 7.20

That means you want half of your phosphate in each form:
0.125 moles of HA and 0.125 moles of A-.You need to convert 0.025 moles of A- to HA by adding 0.025 moles HCl.

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Answer #2

reacting 150mL of 1M NaOH ( 150 mmoles OH-1 ) with 250 mLof

1M H2PO4^-1 ( 250 mmoles ) results in production of 150 mmoles of the base form ( HPO4^-2 ) and leaves 100 mmoles of the acid form.

So the initial ratio of th 2 forms is

= 150base/100 acid.

To change the pH 0.18 units by adding acid this means that the pH must go down by 0.18 units so in the H/H relationship

where pH = pKa + logbase/acid

the log term must be - 0.18 the inverse log for -0.18 = 0.6667 = a ratio of base to acid of 2/3....so reacting the base form with 50 mmoles of HCl will reduce the base form by 50 mmoles and add 50 mmoles to the acid form making a ration of 100 base /150 acid = 2/3

so the answer should be 0.025 moles of HCL

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Answer #3

The pH of a buffer can be calculated as
pH = pKa + log([A-]/[HA])
Your buffer is made up of H2PO4- and HPO42- , because you partially neutralized your acid (H2PO4-) with NaOH.
So,
pKa = 7.20 (second ionization of H3PO4)
HA = H2PO4-
A- = HPO42-
You had 0.25 moles of your HA and added 0.15 moles of NaOH.
Now you have 0.10 moles HA and 0.15 moles A-.
The ratio of concentrations ([A-]/[HA]) is the ratio of moles 0.15/0.10 = 1.5

pH = 7.20 + log(1.5) = 7.20 + 0.18 = 7.38

You want
pH = 7.20 + log(1.0) = 7.20

That means you want half of your phosphate in each form:
0.125 moles of HA and 0.125 moles of A-.You need to convert 0.025 moles of A- to HA by adding 0.025 moles HCl.

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