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Monoprotic Titration Curve Question?
Hello, I'm having some trouble figuring out a question. Any help is appreciated.
Quantitatively sketch the titration curve for 100mL of 0.01585 molar HCl with 0.1 molar NaOH. You can ignore dilution. The pKA value for HCl is 4.75.
(Vo)Volume 1 = 0?
pH #1 = 1.79?
(1/2Ve)Volume 2 =
pH #2 =
(Ve)Volume 3 =
pH #3 = 4.75?
(2Ve)Volume 4 =
pH #4 =
Ve = Volume at Equivalence
I'm fine for the sketching part, it's just figuring out the values
I'm mainly just confused on how this pKa is used.
Once again thank you for any help!
1 Answer
- hcbiochemLv 73 years agoFavorite Answer
I think you might have combined a couple problems here. If you are titrating HCl with NaOH, this is a strong acid/strong base titration. HCl does not have a pKa = 4.75. That would indicate a weak acid. Acetic acid is a weak acid and does have a pKa of 4.75, and I'll assume that.
Volume 1 (0 mL)
You have to use the expression for Ka for the weak acid and its ionization.
HAc <--> H+ + Ac-
Ka = [H+][Ac-]/[HAc] = 10^-4.75 = 1.8X10^-5
Let [H+] = [Ac-], and [HAc] = 0.01585 M. Then,
1.8X10^-5 = x^2 / 0.01585
x = [H+] = 5.3X10^-4
pH = -log (5.3X10^-4) = 3.27
Volume 2 (1/2 Ve):
At this point, the acetic acid is half neutralized, and [HAc] = [Ac-], Then,
Ka = [H+] = 1.8X10^-5
pH = 4.75
Volume 3 (Ve)
At the equivalence point, you have a solution of just Ac- ions. These act as a base by the equation:
Ac- + H2O <--> HAc + OH-
Kb = [HAc][OH-] / [Ac-] = Kw / Ka = 1X10^-14 / 1.8X10^-5 = 5.6X10^-10
Let [OH-] = [HAc] and [Ac-] = 0.01585. Then
5.6X10^-10 = x^2 / 0.01585
x = [OH-] = 2.98X10^-6
pOH = 5.52
pH = 14 - 5.52 = 8.44
Volume 4: 2 Ve
You have added an additional 0.01585 moles of OH- in (ignoring dilutions) 100 mL
[OH-] = 0.01585 mol / 0.1 L = 0.1585 M
pOH = 0.80
pH = 13.20
Hope that helps....