Question: Question: A student titrated a 50.0 mL of 0.15 M glycolic acid with 0.50 M NaOH. Answer the following quest. A student titrated a 50,0 mL of 0.15 M glycolic acid with 0.50 M NaOH. Answer the following: questions. (21 points) ‘a. What is the intial pH of the analyte? K, of alycolic acid is 1.5 x 104 bb. The student added 15.0 mL of NaOH to the analyte and measured the pH. What is the new ‘expected pH? ‘¢, Additionally, to the previous solution, question b, 10.0 mL of NaOH was added. What is the new pH? ‘Show your work and submit it to the last question as paf or picture file, All answers should be 2SF. No work = No credits a) Let glycolic acid be represented as HA. Given [HA] = 0.15M . The acid dissociation eq is given by HA(aq) <> Haq) + A- (aq) Initially [HA] = 0.15M , [H+] = [A-] =0 at equilibrium [HA] = 0.15-X , [H¥] =[A4 =X Kas [14] [A+] / [HA] 15x104=X?/(0.15-X) (as Ka is small low value of X will be obtained and thus 0.15-X is approximated as 0.15) 18x 104=x?/ 0.15) solving this eq we get X pH =-log (0.0047) = 2.3 Thus pH = 2.3 b) For calculation of moles volume in ml is converted to L units. Number of moles of NaOH added = Molarity x Volume of NaOH in L = 0.50M x 0.015L = 0.0075 mol = Number of OH- moles ‘Number of acid moles = M x V of acid = 0.15M x 0.050L = 0.0075 mol As acid HA moles = OH-moles the reaction reaches equivalence point. All HA gets converted to A by OH- (ie NaOH). The reaction is given by HA(aq) + OH- (aq) <> A- (ag) + H20 (), A- moles formed = HA moles reacted = 0.0075 mol solution volume = 50 ml + 1Sml = 6Sml = 0.065L [A+] = moles / volume = (0.0075 mol /0.06SL = 0.1154 M. Now reverse equilibirum occurs ‘Ax(aq) + H20 (1) <> HA(aq) + OH- (aq) , Kb Initially [A-] = 0.1154M , [HA] =[01 at equilibirum [HA] = 0.1154-X , [HA Kb = [HA] [OH-]/[A-] 6.7 x 1019 = X2/(0.1154-X) As Kb is small, low value of X will be obtained and thus 0.1154-X is nearly equal to 0.1154. Using this approxi 6.7 1010 = x2/ (0.1154) X= {OH-] =8.77x 10% pOH = og (8.77 x 10 pH = 14-506 -8.9 Thus pH =8.9 ©) 10 ml NaOH added additionally. Thus excess NaOH moles = 0.50M x 0.010 L = 0.005 mol = excess OH- moles Solution volume = SOml + 1Sml +10ml = 75m = 0.0751. [OH-] = (excess OF moles) / (solution volume) = (0.005 mol / 0.0751.) = 0.067 M pOH = -log (0.067) = 1.174 pH = 14 1.174 13 ( rounded value) Thus pH = 13 ).0047 = [H+] 7x10 10-47 (15x 104)