Review 17

REVIEW QUESTIONS

Chapter 17

A buffer is prepared by adding 20.0 g of acetic acid and 20.0 g of sodium acetate in enough water to prepare 2.00 L of solution. Calculate the pH of this buffer?
What is the ratio of to in blood of pH 7.4 ? ( for )
How many grams of NaBrO should be added to 1.00 L of 0.200 M HBrO to form a buffer with a pH of 8.80 ? ( for )
Acetylsalicylic acid (aspirin, ) is a weak acid with at of sodium acetylsalicylate is added to 200.0 mL of 0.100 M solution of this acid. Calculate the pH of the resulting solution at .
The equations and dissociation constants for three different acids are given below:

Identify the conjugate pair that is best for preparing a buffer with a pH of 7.2. Clearly explain your choice.
6. A sample of 25.0 mL of 0.100 M solution of HBr is titrated with 0.200 M NaOH . Calculate the pH of solution after 10.0 mL of the base is added.
7. A buffer solution is prepared by adding 0.10 L of 2.0 M acetic acid solution to 0.10 L of 1.0 M NaOH solution.
a) Calculate the pH of this buffer solution.
b) 0.10 L of 0.20 M HCl is added to 0.40 L of the buffer solution above. What is the pH of the resulting solution?
8. A 10.0 mL solution of

is titrated with a 0.100 M HCl solution. Calculate the pH of this solution at equivalence point.
9. A

solution of

is titrated with a 0.100 M HCl solution. Calculate the pH after the following additions of the HCl solution: (a) 0.0 mL , (b) 10.0 mL , (c) 30.0 mL
10. A

sample of 0.200 M acetic acid is titrated with 0.180 M NaOH . Calculate the pH of the solution (a) before addition of NaOH, (b) after addition of 20.0 mL of NaOH and (c) at the equivalence point.
11. Calculate the molar solubility of

in 0.50 M NaBr solution.
12. A solution is made by mixing 10.0 mL of

and 10.0 mL of 0.0010 M

. Will a precipitate form? (Ksp for

)
13. The solubility of iron (II) hydroxide,

, is

.
a) Calculate the Ksp for iron (II) hydroxide.
b) Calculate pH of a saturated solution of iron (II) hydroxide.
c) A 50.0 mL sample of

solution is added to 50.0 mL of

NaOH solution. Does a precipitate form?
14. Lead iodate,

, is a slightly soluble salt with a Ksp of

. To 35.0 mL of

solution is added 15.0 mL of

. A precipitate of

results. What are the

and

in the final solution?
15. Consider a solution that is 0.010 M in

and 0.020 M in

. If sodium sulfate is added to this solution to selectively precipitate one of the cations, which will precipitate first? What is the minimum concentration of

that would trigger the precipitation of this cation?
16. What is the

concentration when 0.010 mol of

is dissolved in a liter of solution buffered at pH of 10.0.

forms a complex ion with hydroxide shown below:

A sample of is dissolved in 1.00 L of . If 0.010 mol of NaCl is added to this solution, will precipitate? and form the complex ion with )
is added to a solution that is 0.10 M in NaCl and . Assume no dilution caused by the addition of . Given the Ksp values below:

a) Which precipitates first, AgCl or

? Calculate the

when precipitation first begins.
b) What is the

when

first begins to precipitate?
19. Blood is buffered by

system. Normal blood plasma is

and

for

at body temperature is 6.1.
a) What is pH of blood plasma?
b) If the volume of blood in a normal adult is 5.0 L , what mass of HCl can be neutralized by the buffering system in blood before the pH falls below 7.0 (which would result in death)?
c) For the same adult in (b), what mass of NaOH can be neutralized before the pH rises above 7.8?
20. An important buffer used in biochemical analysis is made by dissolving TRIS

in dilute HCl . A biochemist prepares a buffer by dissolving an unknown amount of TRIS in 1L of 0.095 M HCl solution. The pH of the resulting buffer solution was measured to be 8.53 . How many grams of TRIS was used in this buffer? Assume volume of solution did not change after addition of TRIS.
(Molar mass of TRIS =

of TRIS = 5.91)