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Chapter 16 Aqueous Ionic Equilibrium Reading Journal

Vocabulary Bank
These terms are essential to your understanding of the content in this chapter. If you do not know a term,
write the definition in your own words in your reading journal.
buffer common ion effect Henderson-Hasselbach stoichiometry calculation
equation
equilibrium calculation buffer capacity acid-base titration indicator
equivalence point endpoint solubility product constant molar solubility
(Ksp)
selective precipitation qualitative analysis quantitative analysis complex ion
ligand formation constant (Kf)

Read through Chapter 16 and answer the following in your reading journal:

1. What is the danger of consuming ethylene glycol?

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2. What does a buffer do? And, what is it made of?
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3. Explain/show how the reaction of sodium hydroxide to acetic acid can resist pH change.
4. Explain/show how the reaction of hydrochloric acid to sodium acetate can resist pH change.
5. Why do weak acids dissociate less in the presence of their conjugate base?
6. Do Conceptual Connection 16.1 Buffers on page 755. Explain your answer.
7. What is the Henderson-Hasselbach equation and what kind of solutions would you use it with?
8. Review Example 16.2 and do Practice 16.2, show ALL work.
9. Do Conceptual Connection 16.2 pH of Buffer Solutions on page 760. Explain your answer.
10. When calculating the pH changes of a buffer, what would you use the stoichiometry calculation for? What
would you use the equilibrium calculation for?
11. Review Example 16.3 and do Practice 16.3 on page 763.
12. Do Conceptual Connection 16.3 Adding Acid or Base to a Buffer on page 764. Explain your answer.
13. What two factors affect a buffers effectiveness?
14. Over what range is a buffer most effective?
15. Do Conceptual Connection 16.4 Buffer Capacity on page 768. Explain your answer.
16. Why is the pH = 7 at the equivalence point of a titration of a strong acid with a strong base?
17. Do Conceptual Connection 16.5 Titration Equivalence Point on page 773. Explain your answer.
18. Write your problem solving steps for determining the pH of a titration at each of these points of a titration of
a weak acid with a strong base:
a. Initial pH
b. Buffer range
c. Equivalence point
d. After equivalence point
19. Review Example 16.7 and do Practice 16.7 on page 779.
20. Draw a titration curve of a weak acid with a strong base Label the buffer range, half equivalence point, and
the equivalence point (make sure the pH at equivalence is accurate!) and list all the species present before
the titrant is added, in the buffer range, at the equivalence point, and after the equivalence point.
21. Draw a titration curve of a weak base with a strong acid. Label the buffer range, half equivalence point, and
the equivalence point (make sure the pH at equivalence is accurate!) and list all the species present before
the titrant is added, in the buffer range, at the equivalence point, and after the equivalence point.
22. Do Conceptual Connection 16.6 The Half-Equivalence Point on page 779. Explain your answer.
23. Do Conceptual Connection 16.7 Acid-Base Titrations on page 780. Explain your answer.
24. Review Example 16.8 and do Practice 16.8 on page 785.
25. Review Example 16.9 and do Practice 16.9 on page 786.
26. Do Conceptual Connection 16.8 Common Ion Effect on page 787. Explain your answer.
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27. Under what conditions will an ionic compound be more soluble in an acidic solution?
28. What does a small Ksp mean in terms of the solubility of an ionic compound? What is the most soluble ionic
compound on table 16.2?
29. Review Example 16.11 and do Practice 16.11 on page 788.
30. What is the relationship between Q and Ksp that predicts a precipitate will form?
31. Review Example 16.12 and do Practice 16.12 on page 790.
32. What is selective precipitation?
33. What does a large Kf mean in terms of the formation of a complex ion?
34. Review Example 16.15 and do Practice 16.15 on page 796.
35. Do Conceptual Connection 16.9 Solubility and Complex Ion Equilibria on page 798. Explain your answer.
36. What are some questions you have about this section? (Bring these to student hours or post them to the
question quad)

Suggested Homework

This assignment is not about getting the correct answer; all assigned problems have answers in the book. This
is about interpreting the content that is being tested and understanding the process of problem solving.

Directions:
1. Attempt all problems before checking the answers in the book
2. Check answers in the book
3. Review the content of the problems that you initially missed (problems are listed by their section in the
chapter)
4. Reword the incorrect problems in your own words
5. Rework the incorrect problems and see if you can arrive at the correct answer

Problems
 Page 799-800
o Self Assessment Quiz: Explain the correct answers in 1 – 2 sentences.
o Ex. The answer to Q2 is b) because the solubility of a gas (CO2) decreases with increasing
temperature, while the solubility of a solid (KClO3) increases with increasing temperature.
 Q1 – Q13, Q15
 Page 804  Page 806
o Exercise 31 o Exercise 67
o Exercise 35 o Exercise 69
o Exercise 37 o Exercise 71
o Exercise 43 o Exercise 73
o Exercise 45 o Exercise 75
o Exercise 49  Page 807
o Exercise 53 o Exercise 85
 Page 805 o Exercise 87
o Exercise 61 o Exercise 89
o Exercise 63 o Exercise 99
o Exercise 65  Page 808
o Exercise 101
o Exercise 109

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