Calculate the pH of a 0.350 M solution of potassium phenolate, KC6H5O. Ka for phenol (CH5OH) is 1.0 x 10-10.

What mass of NH4Cl must be added to 0.750 L of a 0.100-M solution of NH3 to give a buffer solution with a pH of 9.26? (Him: Assume a negligible change in volume as the solid is added.)

8-94 Suppose you wish to make a buffer whose pH is 8.21. You have available 1 L of 0.100 M NaH2PO4 and solid Na2HPO4. How many grams of the solid Na2HPO4 must be added to the stock solution to accomplish this task? (Assume that the volume remains 1 L.)

8-55 We commonly refer to a buffer as consisting of approximately equal molar amounts of a weak acid and its conjugate base—for example, CH3COOH and CH3COO-. Is it also possible to have a buffer consisting of approximately equal molar amounts of a weak base and its conjugate acid? Explain.

Sketch the titration curve for a weak acid titrated by a strong base. When performing calculations concerning weak acidstrong base titrations, the general two-slep procedure is to solve a stoichiometry problem first, then to solve an equilibrium problem to determine the pH. What reaction takes place in the stoichiometry part of the problem? What is assumed about this reaction? At the various points in your titration curve, list the major species present after the strong base (NaOH, for example) reacts to completion with the weak acid, HA. What equilibrium problem would you solve at the various points in your titration curve to calculate the pH? Why is pH 7.0 at the equivalence point of a weak acid-strong base titration? Does the pH at the halfway point to equivalence have to be less than 7.0? What does the pH at the halfway point equal? Compare and contrast the titration curves for a strong acidstrong base titration and a weak acidstrong base titration.

What do you suppose happens to the Ksp, value of a solid as the temperature of the solution changes? Consider both increasing and decreasing temperatures, and explain your answer.

What is the pH of a buffer that is 0.175 M in a weak acid and 0.200 M in the acids conjugate base? The acids ionization constant is 5.7 104.

Sketch the titration curve for a weak base titrated by a strong acid. Weak basestrong acid titration problems also follow a two-step procedure. What reaction takes place in the stoichiometry part of the problem? What is assumed about this reaction? At the various points in your titration curve, list the major species present after the strong acid (HNO3, for example) reacts to completion with the weak base, B. What equilibrium problem would you solve at the various points in your titration curve to calculate the pH? Why is pH 7.0 at the equivalence point of a weak basestrong acid titration? If pH = 6.0 at the halfway point to equivalence, what is the Kb value for the weak base titrated? Compare and contrast the titration curves for a strong basestrong acid titration and a weak basestrong acid titration.

Sketch two pH curves, one for the titration of a weak acid with a strong base and one for a strong acid with a strong base. How are they similar? How are they different? Account for the similarities and the differences.

A friend asks the following: Consider a buffered solution made up of the weak acid HA and its salt NaA. If a strong base like NaOH is added, the HA reacts with the OH to form A. Thus the amount of acid (HA) is decreased, and the amount of base (A) is increased. Analogously, adding HCI to the buffered solution forms more of the acid (HA) by reacting with the base (A). Thus how can we claim that a buffered solution resists changes in the pH of the solution? How would you explain buffering to this friend?