Problem on acid bases equilibria


Assignment:

Question 1. The solvent cation in liquid ethanol, CH3CH2OH, is

a) CH3CH2O        b) H    c) CH3CH2OH+     d) CH3CH2OH2+     e) CH3CH2OH-    

Question 2. Fill in the blanks.

a) The normality of 0.20M solution of H2SO4 ________________________

b) The following reaction is best classified as an Arrhenius, Bronsted or Lewis acid base reaction?   SiF4  +  2F-    ---→  SiF62-       _________________

c) The conjugate base of H2PO3    _________________________

d) The conjugate acid of AsH3          _________________________

Question 3. Identify the correct answer in each case.

a) The stronger acid, H3SbO3 or H3AsO3 ?    _____________________

b) The stronger base, GeH4 or SiH4 ?   ________________________

c) The stronger acid, H2TeO3 or H2 TeO4 ?  _______________________

d) The stronger base, Pd (OH)2 or Sn (OH)2 ?  _________________________

e) The stronger conjugate acid, the conjugate acid of Cl04- or the conjugate acid of MnO4-?  ____________________________

f) The amphiprotic species in the following equation 

H2CO3   ←--→  H+   +  HCO3-  _____________________

g) The conjugate base in the Bronsted  -  Lowry reaction 
HBr  +  NH3  ←-→  NH4+  +  Br-  _______________________

h) The Lewis base in the reaction 
Cu(NO3) +  4H2O  ←-→  Cu(H2O)42+  +  2NO3-  ____________________

Question 4. In a 0.90M solution of the weak acid HA, the acid is 11% ionized.  What is the ionization constant, Ka, for the acid?  (Show work)

Question 5. Ka for HC2H3O2 is 1.8 x 10-5.  To adjust the pH value of one liter of 0.020M acetic acid to pH  =  6.0, one must add how many grams of KC2H3O2?  (Show work)

Question 6. Would the pH of a 0.1M solution of Cs2SO3 be less than, greater than, or equal to 7.0?  (Show work)

Question 7.  In the titration of HClO4 with LiOH, 50.0mL of 0.35OM LiOH is added to 30.0mL of 0.400M HClO4.  What is the pH at this point in the titration?  (Show work)

Question 8. What is the pH of a buffer made by mixing equal volumes of 0.10M NH3 and 0.10M NH4Cl?   Kb for NH3  =  1.8 x 10-5
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Question 9. What is the pH after this same solution is made 0.020M in KOH?  (Show work)
 
Question 10. Below a pH of 4.8, an indicator, exists in the blue acid form, HIn.  At pH 4.8 about 10% of the indicator exists in the rose base form.  What is the ionization constant of this indicator?  (Show work)

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