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A formic acid buffer containing 0.50 M HCOOH and 0.50 M HCOONa hasa pH of 3.77....

A formic acid buffer containing 0.50 M HCOOH and 0.50 M HCOONa hasa pH of 3.77. What will the pH be after 0.010 mol of NaOH has beenadded to 100.0 mL of the buffer?


correct answer: 3.95

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Answer #1
       Number of moles of formic acid = 0.5 M * 0.1L
                                                          =0.05 mol
       Number of moles of sodium formate = 0.5 M * 0.1L
                                                               = 0.05 mol
          When NaOH is added the number of moles of the aciddecreases and the moles of sodium formate increases .
                  HCOOH + NaOH    HCOONa + H2O
                    0.01mol       0.01mol           0.01 mol
                  pH = PKa + log [HCOONa] /[HCOOH]
                        = - log 1.7 x 10-4 + log [0.05 +0.01 ] /[0.05-0.01]
                        = 3.76 + 0.176
                         = 3.936
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Answer #2

TheICE tablefor dissociation of formic acidis, I:0.5 C:-0.1 0.4 0.1 0.1 0 0.5 0.1 0.6 pKa of formicacidis3.77 From Henderson-

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