CHM096

CHAPTER 3 (ACIDS & BASES)

TUTORIAL WEEK 7

1. Sodium cyanide, NaCN dissolved completely in water.

a. Write a balanced equation for the reaction between cyanide ion and water.
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b. Calculate the pH of 0.080 M NaCN solution. Given the Ka of HCN is 4.9 × 10
(11.1)

2. Calculate the pH of a buffer solution prepared by dissolving 0.58 g of sodium acetate in

200 mL of 0.18 M of acetic acid solution. Assume that the solution volume does not
change upon addition of the sodium acetate. (MM of CH3COONa = 82.034 g mol-1, Ka of
acetic acid is 1.77 x 10-5)
(4.05)

3. How many grams of sodium formate, NaCHO2 (MM of NaCHO2 = 68 g/mol) have to be
dissolved in 1.0L of 0.12 M formic acid (pKa 3.74) to make a buffer solution of pH 3.50?
Assume the volume of solution remains unchanged.
(4.7g)

4. 25 ml of 0.1 M NaOH is reacted with 30 ml of 0.2 M CH3COOH (Ka of CH3COOH is

1.8 x 10-5) produce sodium ethanoate salt and water as followed:
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NaOH (aq) + CH3COOH (aq) → CH3COONa (aq) + H2O (l)

a. Determine the species present in the solution after the reaction is completed.
b. Calculate the pH of resultant solution.
(4.597)
c. Is the pH of the above solution change drastically if 0.005 mol of H2SO4 is added into
it? Explain

5. Propanoic acid, CH3CH2COOH together with its sodium salt, CH3CH2COONa are used
as preservatives in the food industry.

a. Write an equation for the ionization of the acid in water.

b. Calculate its acid ionization constant if the pH of 0.24 M of the acid is 2.75.
( 1.33 x 10–5)
c. Write an equation for the hydrolysis of the sodium salt, CH3CH2COONa in water.
Calculate the hydrolysis constant of the salt.
(7.52 x 10-10)
d. A sample of 25 mL of 0.24 M NaOH is titrated with 0.24 M propanoic acid.
i. Sketch the titration curve.
ii. Label the axes, the volume and the approximate pH at the equivalence point
and the buffer region.