UNIT TEST 1 FURTHER ASPECT OF EQUILIBRIA

Name :
Class :

1. Write The solubility product expression for copper (II) hydroxide, Cu(OH)2
2. Give circle of the following combinations that cannot produce a buffer solution!

A. HCN and NaCN

B. HCl and NaCl

C. NH4OH and NH4Br

3. A Solution contains 0.5 mol dm-3 propanoic acid, C2H5COOH, and 0.4 mol dm-3 sodium
propanoate, calculate the pH of this buffer solution. (Ka = 1.35 x 10 -5 mol dm-3)
4. How many moles of sodium propanoate must be added to 1 dm 3 of a solution containing
sodium propanoate and 1 mol dm-3 propanoic acid to make a buffer solution of pH 5.2?
5. Calculate the solubility product (Ksp) of the following saturated aqueous solutions.
a. Ag2S (solubility 5.25 x 10-17 mol dm-3)
b. CuSO4 (solubility 1.48 x 10-6 mol dm-3)
c. Ba(NO3)2 (Solubility 9.86 x 10-5 mol dm-3)
6. Calculate the solubility of CuS in mol dm -3 if it has Ksp = 1.0 x 10-10 mol2 dm-6
7. A solution of ammonia in ether contains 0.034 mol of ammonia in 20 cm 3 of ether. This
solution is shaken with 50 cm3 of water. The mass of ammonia extracted into the water
layer after shaking was 0.032 mol.
a. Calculate the concentration of ammonia in the water layer after shaking.
b. Calculate the concentration of ammonia in the ether layer after shaking.
c. Determine the value of the partition coefficient, Kpc