Experiment No, 6B

pH and Buffer Solution

Name: Course-Year-Section Date

UNBUFFERED SOLUTION Answer the following. Show computations where applicable. :

A 20 ml of Distilled water What is the pH of Distilled water?
is placed into a 100 ml-
beaker.

To the 20 ml of Distilled How many moles of HCl was added?

water, 0.3ml of 0.1 M HCl Answer:________
is added. Computation:
Working Formula:

What is the concentration of the final solution in the beaker?

Answer:________
Computation:
Working formula (define each term in the formula):

Compute for the pH of the final solution in the beaker?

Answer:________

Computation:
Working formula (define each term in the formula):

Compute for the change in pH when you added the HCl to the distilled
water.

Change in pH =
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To the 20 ml of Distilled How many moles of NaOH was added?

water, 0.3ml of 0.1 M Answer:________
NaOH is added. Computation:
 Working formula (define each term in the formula):

What is the concentration of the final solution in the beaker?

Answer:________
Computation:
Working formula (define each term in the formula):

Compute for the change in pH when you added NaOH to the distilled
water.
Answer:________

Computation:
Working Formula:

Change in pH =
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 BUFFERED SOLUTION Answer the following. Show computations where applicable. :
In a beaker, a buffer Research for the Ka buffer solution. pKa = ______
solution is prepared. A 10 Ka= _______________
ml of 0.2M Sodium Compute for the pKa (Show your solution)
Acetate is mixed with 10
ml of 0.2 M of Acetic
Acid. pKa= __________
Compute for the pH of this Buffer solution?
Write the Working formula (define each term in the formula):

Answer:_______

To the above Buffer, Compute for the new pH after addition of HCl.
0.3ml of 0.1 M HCl is Answer:________
added.
Computation:
Working formula (define each term in the formula):

Compute for the change in pH due to the addition of HCl.

Change in pH = ______________________________
In a beaker, a buffer Compute for the pH of this Buffer System?
solution is prepared. A 20 Answer:________
ml of 0.2M Sodium
Acetate is mixed with 10 Computation:
ml of 0.2 M of Acetic Write the working Formula:
Acid. To this prepared
Buffer, 0.3ml of 0.1 M
NaOH is added.

Compute for the change in pH when 0.3ml of 0.1 M NaOH is added.

Change in pH =
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1. Explain the Buffering Action that occurred in this experiment that prevented a drastic Change in
pH when 0.3ml of 0.1 M HCl was added.
2. Explain the Buffering Action that occurred in this experiment that prevented a drastic Change in
pH when 0.3ml of 0.1 M NaOH was added.
3. What is the pH of a buffer solution that is 1.0 M in formic acid (HCHO2) and 1.0 M in
sodium formate (NaCHO2)? The pKa for formic acid is 3.74.
4. What is the pH of a buffer solution that is 2.0 M in formic acid (HCHO2) and 1.0 M in sodium
formate (NaCHO2)? The pKa for formic acid is 3.74.
5. Which is Buffer is more effective to counter the addition of an acid? Buffer #3 or Buffer #4.
Why?
6. Which is Buffer is more effective to counter the addition of a base? Buffer #3 or Buffer #4.
Why?
7. What is Buffer Capacity?
8. What is the pH range of effectivity of all Buffer Solutions?
9. What is the pH range of effectivity of an Acetic Acid-Sodium Acetate Buffer System.