UPH Industrial Chemistry 2009

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Quiz 4
Instruction: Please write your answers legibly.

1. Oxoanions of phosphorous are buffer components in blood. For a

KH2PO4/Na2HPO4 solution with pH = 7.40 (pH of normal arterial
blood), what is the buffer-component concentration ratio?
Answer: 1.6

2. A 50.0-ml volume of 0.50 M Fe(NO3)3 is mixed with 125 ml of 0.25

M Cd(NO3)2.
(a) If aqueous NaOH is added, which ion precipitates first? (see
Appendix C)
(b) Describe how the metal ions can be separated using NaOH.
(c) Calculate the [OH-] what will accomplish the separation.

Answer:
(a) Fe(OH)3
(b) The two metal ions are separated by adding just enough
NaOH to precipitate iron(III) hydroxide.
(c) 2.0 × 10-7 M

3. Find the solubility of Cr(OH)3 in a buffer of pH 13.0. Given that Ksp

of Cr(OH)3 = 6.3 × 10-31; Kf of Cr(OH)4- = 8.0 × 1029.

pOH =1, so [OH-] = 0.1

Cr(OH)3 + OH-  Cr(OH)4-

0.1
-S +S
0.1 - S S

Koverall = Ksp × Kf = [Cr(OH)4-]/[ OH-]

Answer: 0.034 M

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