Exercises for Chemical Activities

1. Assuming complete dissociation of the salts, calculate the ionic strength of:

a) 0.20 mM KNO3 b) 0.20 mM MgCl2 plus 0.30 mM AlCl3

2. For ionic strengths from 0 - 0.1 M, indicate what factors cause activity coefficients
to decrease.

3. Find the activity coefficient of each of the following ions at the indicated ionic
strength.

a) SO42- (μ = 0.050 M)

b) HS- (μ = 0.10 M)

c) Fe3+ (μ = 0.025 M)

4. Using activities, determine the [Ag+] in 0.060 M KSCN saturated with AgSCN(s).
Note that Ksp = 1.1 x 10-12 for AgSCN.

5. Using activities, calculate the [H+] and pH of a 0.050 M LiBr solution at 25 EC.

6. What is the pH of a solution containing 0.010 M NaOH plus 0.012 M LiNO3 based
on activities? What is the pH of this solution if activities are neglected?

7. Using activities, calculate the pH of 50.0 mM hydroxybenzene (phenol, C6H5OH)

in 0.050 M LiBr. Assume the size of C6H5O- is 600 pm.

8. Using activities, calculate the pH of the following buffer.

buffer: 4.0 mL 1.0 M NaC2H3O2

6.5 mL 3.0 M HC2H3O2
89.5 mL deionized H2O

Solutions for Chemical Activities Exercises