Date: June 19, 2020

Activity Name/No.: Problem Set No. 2

Activity Topic: Chemical Equilibria

SCORE
Question 9-7: Write the equilibrium-constant expressions and obtain numerical values
for each constant in:
(a) the basic dissociation of aniline, C6H5NH2.

(b) the acidic dissociation of hypochlorous acid, HClO.

(c) the acidic dissociation of methyl ammonium hydrochloride, CH3NH3Cl.

(d) the basic dissociation of NaNO2.

 (e) the dissociation of H3AsO3 to H3O1 and AsO332.

(f) the reaction of C2O422 with H2O to give H2C2O4 and OH2.

Question 9-10: Calculate the solubility-product constant for each of the following
substances, given that the molar concentrations of their saturated solutions are as
indicated:
(a) AgSeCN (2.0 3 1028 M; products are Ag1 and SeCN2).

(b) RaSO4 (6.6 3 1026 M).

 (c) Pb(BrO3)2 (1.7 3 1021 M).

(d) Ce(IO3)3 (1.9 3 1023 M).

Question 9-13: What CrO42- concentration is required to

(a) initiate precipitation of Ag2CrO4 from a solution that is 4.13 3 1023 M in Ag+?
(b) lower the concentration of Ag1 in a solution to 9.00 X 10^-27 M?
Question 9-15: The solubility-product constant for Ce(IO3)3 is 3.2 x 10^-10. What is the
Ce3+ concentration in a solution prepared by mixing 50.00 mL of 0.0450 M Ce31 with
50.00 mL of
(a) water?
(b) 0.0450 M IO3-?
(c) 0.250 M IO3-?
(d) 0.0500 M IO3-?
Question 9-20: At 25°C, what are the molar H3O1 and OH2 concentrations in
*(a) 0.0300 M C6H5COOH?
(b) 0.0600 M HN3?
(c) 0.100 M ethylamine?
(d) 0.200 M trimethylamine?
(e) 0.200 M C6H5COONa (sodium benzoate)?
(f) 0.0860 M CH3CH2COONa?
(g) 0.250 M hydroxylamine hydrochloride?
(h) 0.0250 M ethyl ammonium chloride?

NOTE: The answers for e-h are on the next page.

Question 9-28: What mass of sodium glycolate should be added to 400.0 mL of 1.00 M
glycolic acid to produce a buffer solution with a pH of 4.00?
Question 10-12: For a solution in which m 5 8.0 3 1022, calculate Kr sp for
(a) AgSCN. (b) PbI2. (c) La(IO3)3. (d) MgNH4PO4.

Question 10-14: Calculate the solubilities of the following compounds in a 0.0333 M

solution of Mg(ClO4)2 using (1) activities and (2) molar concentrations:
(a) AgSCN.
 (b) PbI2.

(c) BaSO4.

(d) Cd2Fe(CN)6.
Question 10-16: Calculate the % relative error in solubility by using concentrations
instead of activities for the following compounds in 0.0500 M KNO3 using the
thermodynamic solubility products listed in Appendix 2.
(a) CuCl (aCu1 5 0.3 nm)

(b) Fe(OH)2

(c) Fe(OH)3
(d) La(IO3)3

(e) Ag3AsO4 (aAsO4325 0.4 nm)

Question 10-18: Design and construct a spreadsheet to calculate activity coefficients in
a format similar to Table 10-2. Enter values of aX in cells A3, A4, A5, and so forth and
enter ionic charges in cells B3, B4, B5, and so forth. Enter in cells C2:G2 the same set
of values for ionic strength listed in Table 10-2. Enter the formula for the activity
coefficients in cells C3:G3. Be sure to use absolute cell references for ionic strength in
your formulas for the activity coefficients. Finally, copy the formulas for the activity
coefficients into the rows below row C by highlighting C3:G3 and dragging the fill handle
downward. Compare the activity coefficients that you calculate to those in Table 10-2.
Do you find any discrepancies? If so, explain how they arise.

There are certain discrepancies from Table 10-2 and the calculated activity coefficients.
I deduce that this may be due to different statistical software or tools per se utilized in
order to obtain the value of every activity coefficient.
Question 11-5:

Question 11-6: Write the charge-balance equations for the

solutions in Problem 11-5.
Question 11-7: Calculate the molar solubility of SrC2O4 in
a solution that has a fixed H3O1 concentration of
Question 11-9: Calculate the molar solubility of PbS in a
solution in which [H3O1] is held constant at
(a) 3.0 3 1021 M and (b) 3.0 3 1024 M.
Question 11-13: Calculate the molar solubility of Ag2CO3 in
a solution buffered to a pH of 7.50.

Question 11-15: A solution is 0.040 M in Na2SO4 and 0.050M inNaIO3. To this

is added a solution containing Ba21. Assuming that no HSO42 is present in
the original solution,
(a) which barium salt will precipitate first?
(b) what is the Ba21 concentration as the first precipitate forms?
(c) what is the concentration of the anion that forms the less soluble barium salt
when the more soluble precipitate begins to form?
Question 11-18: What mass of AgBr dissolves in 200 mL of
0.200 M NaCN?