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IONIC EQUILIBRIUM
Q.1. An acid–type indicator, HIn, differs in colour from its conjugate base (ln). The human eye is
sensitive to colour differences only when the ratio [In ] /[HIn] is greater than 10 or smaller than.
0.1. What should be the minimum change in the pH of the solution to observe a complete
colour change (Ka = 1.0 × 105)?

Q.2. 4 g of NaOH was dissolved in one litre of a solution containing one mole of acetic acid and one
mole of sodium acetate. Find the pH of the resulting solution. The dissociation constant for
acetic acid is 1.8×10–5.

Q.3. Determine percentage of dissociation of 0.05 M NH4OH at 25oC in a solution of pH = 11.

Q.4. How much volume of 0.1 M HAc should be added to 50 mL of 0.2 M NaAc solution if we want to
prepare a buffer solution of pH 4.91. Given pKa of CH3COOH = 4.76.

Q.5. The ionization constant of ammonium hydroxide is 1.77 × 10–5 at 298 K. Calculate the
hydrolysis constant of ammonium chloride and pH of 0.04 M ammonium chloride solution.

Q.6. The solubility of Mg(OH)2 in pure water is 9.57 × 10–3 g litre–1. Calculate its solubility in g litre–1
in 0.02 M Mg(NO3)2.

Q.7. What is the pH of a 1 M solution of acetic acid? To what volume must one litre of this solution
be diluted so that the pH of the resulting solution will be twice the original value?
Given, Ka = 1.8 x 105.

Q.8. What will be the resultant pH when 200 mL of an aqueous solution of HCI (pH = 2.0) is mixed
with 300 mL of an aqueous solution of NaOH (pH = 12.0)?

Q.9. A solution contains 0.1 M H2S and 0.3 M HCl. Calculate the concentration of S2– and HS– ions
in solution. Given K a1 and K a2 for H2S are 10–7 and 1.3 × 10–13 respectively.

Q.10. 0.15 mole of pyridinium chloride has been added into 500 cm3 of 0.2 M pyridine solution.
Calculate pH and hydroxyl ion concentration in the resulting solution assuming no change in
volume. (Kb for pyridine = 1.5 × 10–9 M).

Q.11. Ka for ascorbic acid (HAsc) is 5 × 10–5. Calculate the hydrogen ion concentration and percentage
of hydrolysis in an aqueous solution in which the concentration of Asc– ions in 0.02 M.

Q.12. Liquid ammonia ionises to a slight extent. At –50oC, its self ionisation constant,
KNH3  NH4  NH2   10 30. How many amide ions are present per cm3 of pure liquid ammonia?
Assume N = 6.0 × 1023?

Q.13. Solid AgNO3 is added to a solution which is 0.1 M in Cl– and 0.1 M in CrO24  . If Ksp values for
AgCl and Ag2CrO4 are 1.7 × 10–10 and 1.9 × 10–12 respectively, which one will precipitate first?
Find the concentration of Cl– when Ag2CrO4 starts precipitating.

Q.14. BaSO4 and BaCrO4 have solubility product values in the ratio 1 : 2.5 at 25oC. When pure water
is saturated with both solids simultaneously, the total concentration of Ba2+ ion in the solution
is 1.4 × 10–5 M. calculate the solubility product of BaCrO4. Calculate also the solubility of
BaSO4 in 0.01 M Na2SO4 solution.

Q.15. Solid AgNO3 is gradually added to a solution containing equimolar concentration of Cl– and I–. If
Ksp of AgCl and AgI are 1.7 × 10–10 and 1.5 × 10–16 respectively, which one will precipitate first?
Also find the relative concentration of I– and Cl– just before the precipitation of AgCl.

Q.16. The concentration of Fe3+ ions in a sample of water is found to be 50 × 10–5 M. Calculate the pH
at which 99% of Fe3+ will be precipitated. Ksp of Fe(OH)3 = 10–36.

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Q.17. Determine the pH of 10–8 M NaOH solution.

Q.18. Calculate the solubility product of silver chromate at 25C if it requires 0.0435 gm of Ag2CrO4
to form 1 litre saturated solution.

Q.19. Calculate pH of the buffer solution containing 0.15 mole of NH4OH and 0.25 moles of NH4Cl. Kb
for NH4 OH is 1.98  105.

Q.20. Calculate the pH at which Mg(OH)2 begins to precipitate from a solution containing
0.10 M Mg2+ ions. (Ksp Mg(OH)2  1 1011 ).

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ANSWERS
1. 2
2. 4.83
3. 2%
4. 70.80 mL
5. 5.65  1010, 5.32
6. 8.7 × 10–4 g/litre
7. pH = 2.37, V = 5.5 × 104 litres
8. 11.3010
9. [HS–] = 3.3 × 10–8 M, [S2– ] = 1.44 × 10–20 M
10. 5, [OH– ] = 10–9, [H+] = 10–5
11. 5 × 10–9, 0.01%
12. 6 × 105 ions
13. AgCl will precipiate, 3.9 × 10–5 M
14. 1.4 × 10–10 M2, 5.6 × 10–9 M
[I- ]
15. AgI, = 8.8 ×10-7
[Cl - ]

16. 11.08
17. 7.02
18. 9  10–12 M3
19. pH = 9.07
20. pH = 9

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