Faculty of Science L 1 SNV (2023/2024)

SNV Department Module: Chemistry II

Series N°03

Exercise 01

1. Consider the following acid/base pairs:

CH3COOH / CH3COO- ; H2O / OH-.
a. Which of the above pairs are the acids? Justify your answer.
b. For each pair, write the acid-base half-equation.
2. Consider the acid-base half-equations:
H2O + H+ ↔ H3O+ ;
NH4+ ↔ NH3 + H+ .
a. which of the above chemical species are bases. Justify your answer.
b. Write the acid-base pair for each half equation.
c. Write the equation for the acid-base reaction between nitrous acid HNO2 and ammonia NH3.

Exercise 02

1. For an equal concentration, establish in ascending order the acidity of the pairs below:

Acid/base couple pKa

CH3-COOH / CH3-COO- : Ethanoic acid 4,75
ClCH2-COOH/ClCH2-COO- : Monochloroethanoic acid 2,85
CH3-CH2-NH3+ / CH3-CH2-NH2 : Ethanamine 10,8

2. Calculate the pH of the following solutions: 0.5M of HCl (strong acid) ; 0.2M of HCN (weak acid
pKa=9.14) ; 4g/l of NaOH (strong basis); 10-3M of NH4OH ( weak base pKb= 9.25)

Exercise 03

Mix 10 ml of HCl solution (0.1 M) with 20 ml of NaOH solution (0.25 M). Calculate the pH of this mixture.
1. What volume of water should be added to 24 mL of NaOH solution (0.3 mol/L) to obtain a solution at pH =
11.8?
2. A solution containing 30 g of acetic acid CH3COOH (60 g/mol) per litre. Calculate the pH of this solution,
knowing that the pKa of acetic acid is 4.74