Chemical and Ionic Equilibrium - Result Question 137
79. How many moles of sodium propionate should be added to $1 L$ of an aqueous solution containing 0.020 mole of propionic acid to obtain a buffer solution of $pH $ $4.75$ ? What will be $pH$ if $0.010$ moles of $HCl$ are dissolved in the above buffer solution? Compare the last $pH$ value with the $pH$ of $0.010$ $ M $ $HCl$ solution. Dissociation constant of propionic acid, $K _a$ at $25^{\circ} C$ is $1.34 \times 10^{-5}$.
(1981, 4M)
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Solution:
- For acidic buffer, the Henderson’s equation is
$pH=p K _a+\log \frac{(\text { mole of salt })}{(\text { mole of acid })} $
$4.75=-\log \left(1.34 \times 10^{-5}\right)+\log \frac{x}{0.02}$
$\Rightarrow x=0.015$ mole of sodium propionate. Addition of $0.01$ mole HCl will increase moles of propionic acid by $0.01$ and moles of sodium propionate will decrease by same amount.
New moles of acid $=0.02+0.01=0.03$
New moles of salt $=0.015-0.01=0.005$
$\mathrm{pH}=-\log \left(1.34 \times 10^{-5}\right)+\log \left(\frac{0.005}{0.030}\right)=4.09$
pH of $0.01 $ $\mathrm{HCl}=2$, just half of the pH of final buffer solution.
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