Unit 1: Electrochemistry and Buffer Assignment SET-1

[A] Practice Questions

1. Calculate the pH of the following solutions.
(i) 0.04M HClO3 (ii) 0.00091 M HCl (iii) 0.333 M H2SO4 (iv) 0.05 M Ca (OH) 2 (v) N/10 NaOH
(vi) N/100HNO3 (vii) 1% (w/v) solution of H2SO4.(viii) 0.2% (w/v) solution of Ca (OH) 2 (ix) 0.01M
CH3COOH (Ka of acetic acid is 1.8 x 10-5)
[Ans: (i) 1.397 (ii) 3.04 (iii) 0.1765 (iv) 13 (v) 13 (vi) 2 (vii) 0.69 (viii) 12.74 (ix) 3.38]

2. Calculate the pH of the buffer which is .08M in NH4Cl and .06M in NH3. Kb of ammonia is 1.8 x 10-5.[Ans :
9.14]
3. A buffer is made such that it is 0.04 M in Na2HPO4 and 0.08 M in KH2PO4.what is the pH of the buffer? [
Second ionization constant of phosphoric acid = 6.2 X 10-8 ] [ Ans : 6.9 ]

4. The Ka of propionic acid is 1.34 x 10-5. What is the pH of the solution containing 0.5 moles propionic acid,
C2H5COOH and 0.5 moles sodium propionate, C2H5COONa. What happens to the pH of this solution when
volume is doubled by the addition of water? [Ans : 4.87 ]

5. A buffer is made by mixing 450 ml of 0.4M acetic acid with 350ml 0f 0.7M sodium acetate. Calculate the pH
of resulting buffer. pKa of acetic acid is 4.74. [Ans : 4.87 ]

6. A student of B.E. wishes to prepare one liter of solution of buffer at pH 10.00.How many grams of ammonium
chloride have to be added to one liter of 0.30M NH3 to make such a buffer. pKb of ammonia is 4.75 in the
equation.[Ans: 2.856g ]

7. Calculate the number of grams of NH4Cl that must be added to 1 liter of .06M NH3 to prepare a solution
buffered at pH 11.50 at 298K.pKa of ammonia is 4.74. [Ans: 0.018g ]

8. What volume of 0.20M sodium formate solution should be added to 60ml of 0.05M formic acid to produce a
buffer solution of pH 4.0? pKa for formic acid is 3.80. [Ans: 23.77ml]

9. 200ml of 0.5M acetic acid is mixed with 300ml of sodium acetate solution containing 25gm of the salt. What
is the pH of the resulting buffer? (Ka of acetic acid = 1.8 x 10-5). [Ans = 5.217]

10. What would be the pH of a solution obtained by mixing 2.5 gram of acetic acid and 3.0 gm of sodium acetate
and making the volume equal to 500ml? Given dissociation constant of acetic acid = 1.75 x 10 -5 at 25oC.
[Ans = 4.713 ]
11. What amount of sodium acetate (in moles) should be used to prepare 1500ml of a buffer which is decinormal
with respect to acetic acid and has a pH of 5.2? [pKa = 4.74 ] [Ans = 0.433 moles ]

12. Calculate the Concentration of bromoacetic acid and Sodium bromoacetate in a solution whose pH is 3.0 and
in which the total concentration is 0.20 mole / liter .Ka for the acid = 2.0 x 10-3. [Ans: (acid) = 6.7 x 10-2,
M, (salt) = 0.13 M]
13. If 3.0 millimole of NaOH is added to 100 ml of a buffer which is 0.10 M in acetic acid and 0.10 M in sodium
acetate. What will be the change in pH of the solution? pKa of acetic acid is 4.74. [Ans = 0.27]

14. A buffer solution contains 0.1M acetic acid and 0.01M sodium acetate. The dissociation constant of acetic
acid at 25oC is 1.75 x 10 -5.
(i) Calculate the pH of the buffer solution.
(ii) Calculate the pH of the solution if 0.2 ml of 1M HCl is added to 1liter of this buffer neglect the volume
change on addition of HCl.
(iii) Calculate the pH after the addition of 0.002moles of NaOH to one liter of the buffer solution.

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 [Ans = (i) 3.757 (ii) 3.747 (iii) 3.845]
15. 0.005gram equivalent of KOH is mixed with 400ml of 0.1N acetic acid solution. Find the pH of solution. Ka
of acetic acid solution is 1.8 x 10 -8. Ans: 6.89

16. Find the pH of the solution when 200ml of 0.1M acetic acid solution is mixed with 50ml of 0.1N potassium
Hydroxide solution.(Given pKa of acetic acid = 4.74) Ans: 4.26

17. 30ml of 0.10M NaOH is added to 100ml of 0.10M solution of acetic acid. Calculate the pH of the buffer
solution.(Ka of CH3COOH = 1.8 x 10-5) Ans : 4.37

18. 100 ml of solution of pH 2 is mixed with 200ml of solution of pH 5.What is the pH of the resulting mixture.
Ans:2.47

[B] Final Exam-Questions

19. The pH of a Buffer solution containing 0.5mole/litre of CH3COOH and 0.5mole/liter of CH3COONa has
been found to be 4.76.What will be the pH of this solution after 0.1mole/litre HCl has been added to the buffer
?Assume that volume is unchanged. Ka=1.75 x 10-5. [2065 Shrawan ] Ans:4.58

20. Calculate the pH of the mixture, when 2ml 0.01MHCl is added into the system having 400 cc of 0.2M NH4OH
and 200cc of 0.5M NH4Cl solution.(Kb=1.8x10-5) [2064 Jestha]Ans:9

21. What would be the pH of a solution obtained by mixing 1gm of acetic acid and 1.5gm of sodium acetate and
making the volume equal to 100ml.Dissociation constant of acetic acid is 1.75 x 10-5 at 298K.Also calculate
the pH of the solution if 2ml 1MHCl is added to it, neglect the volume change on addition of HCl. [2061
Baishakh] Ans:4.79, 4.69

22. Calculate the pH of a mixture when two solutions having equal volume with pH 4.5 and pH 10.5 are mixed
together.[2064 Sharwan] Ans: 10.15

23. 1.64gm of anhydrous sodium acetate added to 400ml of 0.2M acetic acid. What is the pH of buffer? Also
calculate the degree of ionization of the acid in the solution. [2063 Kartik] Ans: 4.14, α = 0.00036

24. What is the pH of the solution when 0.20 mole NaOH is added to one liter of the solution containing one mole
of each of NH3 and NH4Cl.Kb for NH3 is 1.8 x 10-5.Assum the total volume remain one liter. [2062 Baishakh]
Ans:9.43

25. To 100ml of 0.1M acetic acid 0.1 gram of sodium hydroxide is added. Find the pH of the resulting solution
pKa for acetic acid is 4.74. [2062 Bhadra] Ans: 4.26

26. Calculate the pH of the resulting mixture having 200ml of 0.2M NH3 solution and 100ml of 0.3N NH4Cl
solution (Kb for NH3 solution = 1.8 x 10-5) [2061 Bhadra] Ans:9.38

27. A buffer is made by mixing 400 ml of 0.3M acetic acid with 200ml 0f 0.6M sodium acetate. Calculate the pH
of resulting buffer. pKa of acetic acid is 4.74. Ans:4.74

28. An undergraduate student of engineering wishes to prepare one litre of a solution buffered at pH 10.How
many grams of NH4Cl have to be mixed to one litre of 0.25M NH3 to make such buffer? (pKb of NH3=4.74)
[2067 Ashwin] Ans: 2.43g

29. 1.64 g of anhydrous sodium acetate is added to 200ml of 0.2M acetic acid. What is the pH of buffer
?Calculate the degree of ionization of the acid in the solution.(Ka of acid =1.8 x 10-5)[2067 Mangsir]Ans:
4.44,α= 0.00018
30. Calculate the pH of the resulting solution when 0.005moles of KOH is added to 200ml of 0.1N acetic acid
solution .(pKa =4.74) [2067 Ashad] Ans: 4.26

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