Acid-Base Equilibrium II
15.1 Common Ion Effect
• The reduction in solubility of an ionic solid
(salt) in solution, because one of the ions in the salt is already present in solution.
• According to common ion effect, if one of
the ions is already present in solution, then less salt is capable of dissociating, so the
Example Problem #1
• Calculate the [H+] , pH and the percent
dissociation of HF in a solution containing 1.0M HF (Ka=7.2x10-4) and 1.0M NaF.
• Write the equilibrium equation for the
dissociation of HF.
• Set up your ice chart, except this time [F-] is
Example Problem #1 Con’t
HF H2O H3O+ F
-1.0M 0 1.0
-x +x +x
1.0-x x 1.0+x
7.2x10-4 = (x)(1.0+x)
1.0-x
Again, because the dissociation of HF is very small, we can
assume that x will not be a significant
change compared to 1.0M .
7.2x10-4 = (x)(1.0)
1.0
[H3O+]= x= 7.2 x10-4M
Example Problem #1 Con’t
• Percent dissociation = [H3O+] x 100
[HA]0
7.2x10-4 x 100 = 0.072%
You Try…
• Calculate the [H+], pH and the percent
dissociation of HCN in a solution containing 0.50M M HCN (Ka=6.2x10-10) and 0.25M KCN.
• [H3O+]= 1.2x10-9M
15.2 Buffer Solutions
• A buffer solution is one in which the pH of the
solution is "resistant" to small additions of either a strong acid or strong base.
• Buffers usually consist of a weak acid and its
15.2 Buffer Solutions
• Calculations are based on the equation for the
ionization of the weak acid in water forming the
hydronium ion and the conjugate base of the acid.
HA(aq) + H2O(l) --> H3O+(aq) + A-(aq)
Ka = [H3O+][A-]
15.2 Buffer Solutions
• A buffer system can be made by mixing a
soluble compound that contains the conjugate base with a solution of the acid
– such as sodium acetate with acetic acid or ammonia
with ammonium chloride.
• By knowing the Ka of the acid, the amount of
acid, and the amount of conjugate base, the pH of the buffer system can be calculated.
Example #1
• A buffer solution was made by dissolving 10.0
grams of sodium acetate in 200.0 mL of 1.0 M acetic acid. Assuming the change in volume when the sodium acetate is added is not
significant, estimate the pH of the acetic acid/ sodium acetate buffer solution. The Ka for
Example #1 Con’t
HC2H3O2 H2O H3O+ C
2H3O2
-1.0M 0 0.610M
-x +x +x
1.0-x X 0.610+x
1.8x10-5 = (x)(0.610+x)
1.0-x
x will be very small so we can use our
approximation.
1.8x10-5 = (x)(0.610)
1.0
You Try…
• A buffered solution contains 0.50M acetic acid
and 0.50M sodium acetate. Calculate the pH of this solution. (Ka= 1.8 x10-5)
Henderson-Hasselbalch Equation
• Helps us find the pH of a buffer solution
without using an ice chart.
Example #2
• Calculate the pH of a solution containing 0.75M
lactic acid (Ka=1.4x10-4) and 0.25M sodium lactate.
• pH = 3.85 + log(.25/.75)
• pH= 3.37
• Bases work the same way only you will find the
You try…
• A buffered solution contains 0.25M NH3
(Kb=1.8x10-5) and 0.40M ammonium chloride.
Calculate the pH of this solution.
– Be careful!!! This is a base!!
Example #3
• Calculate the ratio of ammonium chloride to
ammonia that is required to make a buffer solution with a pH of 9.00. The Kb for
ammonia is 1.8 x 10-5.
• First we must find the [OH-]
• 1.8x10-5 = 1x10-5 [NH 4+]
[NH3]
You Try…
• Calculate the ratio of lithium nitrite to nitrous
that is required to make a buffer solution with a pH of 3.00. Ka for nitrous acid is 7.1 x 10-4
Calculation of the pH of a Buffer Solution
after Addition of a Small Amount of Acid
• When a strong acid (H3O+) is added to a buffer
solution the conjugate base present in the buffer consumes the hydronium ion converting it into water and the weak acid of the conjugate base.
A-(aq) + H
3O+(aq) --> H2O(l) + HA(aq) • This results in a decrease in the amount of
Calculation of the pH of a Buffer Solution
after Addition of a Small Amount of Acid
• The pH of the buffer solution decreases by a
very small amount because of this ( a lot less than if the buffer system was not present).
• An "ICE" chart is useful in determining the pH
Example #4
• Calculate the pH of the solution that results when
0.10M HCl is added to 1.0L of a buffered solution composed of 0.25M NH3 and 0.4M NH4Cl.
• Write the reaction that occurs
NH3 + H+ NH 4+
• Set up the ICE Chart, but because this reaction can
be assumed to go to completion we use
Example #4 con’t
NH3 H+ NH4+
0.25 mol 0.1 mol 0.4 mol
-0.1mol -0.1mol +0.1mol
0.15mol 0.5mol
Now that the reaction is complete, we can use the
Henderson-Hasselbalch equation to determine the pH pOH = 4.74+ log (0.5M/0.15M)
pH = 14-5.26
pOH = 5.26
Comparison…
• Compare the pH from Example #4 to the pH in
Practice Problem #2.
• The pH did not change much because of the
You Try…
• Calculate the pH of a solution when 0.100mol
of HCl is added to 1.0L of a buffer solution consisting of 5.00M HC2H3O2 and 5.00M NaC2H3O2. Ka= 1.8x10-5.
You Try again…
• Calculate the pH of a solution when 0.100mol
of HCl is added to 1.0L of a buffer solution consisting of 0.050M HC2H3O2 and 0.050M NaC2H3O2. Ka= 1.8x10-5.
15.3 Buffering Capacity
• The buffering capacity represents the amount
of protons or hydroxide ions the buffer can absorb with a significant change in pH.
• A buffer with a large capacity contains large
concentrations of buffering components.
• The capacity of a buffered solution is
15.3 Buffer Capacity
• Since large changes in the ratio of [A-]/[HA]
will produce large changes in pH we want to avoid this for effective buffering.
• Optimum [A-]/[HA] = 1 because it will be most
Example #5: Preparing a Buffer
• A chemist needs a solution buffered at pH=4.30
and can choose from the following acids and their sodium salts. Calculate the ratio of
[HA]/[A-] required for each system to yield a pH of 4.30. Which system will work best?
• Chloroacetic acid (Ka= 1.35x10-3)
• Propanoic acid (Ka= 1.3x10-5)
• Benzoic acid (Ka= 6.4x10-5)
15.4 Titrations and pH Curves
• Titration is a process of controlled addition of
a known concentration acid/base to an unknown acid/base.
• Use to determine the concentration of a
solution.
• The stoichiometric (equivalence) point is often
Strong Acid-Strong Base Titrations
• The net ionic reaction is– H+ (aq) + OH- (aq) H
2O (l)
• The addition of the acid to the base neutralizes
the pH of the basic solution.
• We need to know the number of moles of acid
added and the concentration of the [H+] to determine the pH.
• Millimoles (mmol) is commonly used because we
Strong Acid-Strong Base Titration
• At the equivalence
point the number of mmol of acid is equal to the mmol of base.
Weak Acid- Strong Base Titration
• How will this titration be
different?
– The equivalence point
occurs at a pH higher than 7.
– There is a leveling off the pH just before the
equivalence point.
Weak Base – Strong Acid Titration
• How will this
titration be
different from WA/ SB?
– The equivalence
Example # 7
• Calculate the pH of solution at the indicated
amounts of 0.100M NaOH added to 50.0mL of 0.200M HNO3.
a) 0.00mL b) 10.0mL c) 20.0mL d) 50.0 mL e) 100.0mL f) 150.0mL g) 200.0 mL
**This is just a stoichiometry problem***
a) 0.00 mL NaOH added
• How do we determine the pH?
b) 10.0 mL of 0.100M NaOH is added
H+ OH- H
2O
Before rxn 50.0 mL x
0.200M = 10.0 mmol
10.0mL x 0.100M = 1.00 mmol
After rxn
10.0mmol-1.00 mmol = 9.0mmol
1.00mmol-1.00mmol=
0.00mmol
[H+]= mmol H+ left mL of solution
[H+]= 9.0 mmol
C) 20.0 mL of 0.100 M NaOH added
H+ OH- H
2O
Before rxn 10.0 mmol 20.0mL x
0.100M = 2.00 mmol
After rxn 10.0-2.00=
8.0 mmol 2.00-2.00= 0.00 mmol
[H+]= 8.0 mmol
d) 50.0 mL of 0.100M NaOH added
H+ OH- H
2O
Before rxn 10.0 mmol 50.0mL x
0.100M = 5.00 mmol
After rxn 10.0-5.00=
5.0 mmol 5.00-5.00= 0.00 mmol
[H+]= 5.0 mmol
e) 100.0mL of NaOH added
H+ OH- H
2O
Before rxn 50.0 mL x
0.200M = 10.0 mmol 100.0mL x 0.100M = 10.00 mmol
After rxn 10.0-10.0 =
0.0mmol 10.0-10.0= 0.00mmol
f) 150.0 mL of NaOH added
H+ OH- H
2O
Before rxn 50.0 mL x
0.200M = 10.0 mmol 150.0mL x 0.100M = 15.00 mmol
After rxn 10.0-10.0 =
0.0mmol 15.0-10.0= 5.0mmol
[OH-] = 5.0 mmol = 0.025M 200.0mL
g) 200.0 mL of NaOH added
Example #8
• Consider the titration of 50.0mL of 0.10M
acetic acid with 0.10M NaOH. As before, we will calculate the pH at various points.
• Ka = 1.8x10-5
• To determine the pH you must first complete
a) 0.00mL of NaOH added
• This is a typical weak acid calculation…
b) 10.0mL of 0.10 M NaOH added
HC2H3O2 OH- C
2H3O2- H2O
Before
rxn 50.0 mL x 0.100M = 5.0 mmol 10.0mL x 0.100M = 1.00 mmol 0
After rxn 5.0-1.0 =
4.0mmol 10.0= 15.0-5.0mmol
1.0mmol formed
by rxn
HC2H3O2 C2H3O2- H+
I 4.0mmol/
60.0mL = 0.067M
1.0mmol/ 60.0mL =
0.017M
0
C -x +x +x
E 0.067-x 0.17+x x
1.8x10-5 = (0.17+x) (x)
c) 25.0mL of 0.10M NaOH added
d) 40.0mL of 0.10M NaOH added
• pH= 5.35
e) 50.0mL 0f 0.10M NaOH
f) 60.0mL of NaOH added
g) 75.0mL of 0.10M NaOH
You Try…
• Hydrogen Cyanide gas (HCN), a powerful
respiratory inhibitor, is highly toxic. It is a very
weak acid (Ka=6.2x10-10) when dissolved in water. If a 50.0mL sample of 0.100M HCN is titrated
with 0.100M NaOH, calculate the pH of the solution
a) after 8.00mL of 0.100M NaOH has been added b) At the halfway point of the titration
Answers
Example #9: Calculating Ka
• A chemist has synthesized a monoprotic weak
acid and wants to determine its Ka value. To do so, the chemist dissolves 2.00mmol of the solid acid in 100.0mL of water and titrates the
resulting solution with 0.0500M NaOH. After 20.0mL of NaOH has been added, the pH is 6.00. What is the Ka value for the acid?
15.5 Acid-Base Indicators
• There are two methods for determining the
pH at the equivalence point.
– 1. use a pH meter to monitor the pH and plot the
titration curve. The vertical region of the curve represents the equivalence point.
– 2. Use an indicator which marks the end point by
Indicators
• We can determine the pH of the color change
in an acid using the equation
• pH= pKa + log ([In-]/[HIn])
• Where the ratio of [In-]/[HIn] = 1/10 because
that’s the ratio required for color change.
Indicators
• We can determine the pH of the color change
in a base using the equation
• pH= pKa + log ([In-]/[HIn])
• Where the ratio of [In-]/[HIn] = 10/1 because
that’s the ratio required for color change.
Example #10
• The Ka for bromothymol blue is 1.0x10-7. It is
yellow in acid (HIn) form and blue in base (In-) form. Suppose we put a few drops of this
indicator in a strongly acidic solution. If the
solution is then titrated with NaOH, at what pH will the indicator color change first be visible?
Example #11
• What would be the pH of the color change, if
you put bromothyol blue in a base and then titrated it with an acid?
15.6 Solubility Equilibria and the Solubility
Product
• When solids dissolve there are two competing
processes occurring:
– The dissolution of the solid into ions – Reforming of the solid from ions
• Ultimately, a dynamic equilibrium is
established.
Solubility Product
AB(s) A+(aq) + B-(aq)
• To write the equilibrium expression (solubility
product), remember we do not include solids. Ksp= [A+][B-]
• Solubility product is an equilibrium constant and
has one value for a given solid at a given temperature.
Example #12
• Copper (I) bromide has a measured solubility
of 2.0x10-4M at 25◦C. Calculate its K sp.
CuBr(s) Cu+1(aq) + Br-1(aq)
Ksp= [Cu+1][Br-1]
Ksp= (2.0x10-4)(2.0x10-4)
Example #13
• Calculate the Ksp value for Bismuth sulfide (Bi2S3) which has a solubility of 1.0x10-15M
Bi2S3(s) 2Bi+3 + 3S-2
Ksp= [Bi+3]2[S-2]3
Ksp=[(2) (1.0x10-15)]2[(3)(1.0x10-15)]3
Example #14
• The Ksp for copper (II) iodate (Cu(IO3)2) is 1.4x10-7 at 25◦C. Calculate its solubility at
25◦C.
Cu(IO3)2(s) Cu+2 + 2IO 3-1
Ksp= [Cu+2][IO
3-1]2
1.4x10-7= (x)(2x)2
Example #15
• Calculate the solubility of solid CaF2
(Ksp=4.0x10-11) in 0.025M NaF solution.
• How do we solve this?
• Just like common ion problems before…
15.7 Precipitation & Qualitative Analysis
• We can use Q to determine if precipitation will
occur…
Example #16
• A solution is prepared by adding 750.0mL of
4.00x10-3M Ce(NO
3) 3 to 300.0mL of 2.00x10-2
M KIO3. Will Ce(IO3) 3 (Ksp=1.9x10-10)
precipitate from this solution?
• First: calculate the [Ce+3] and [IO
3-1] in the
mixed solution.
• Then calculate Q, same as you would Ksp.
Con’t
• [Ce+3] = (750.0mL)(4.00x10-3M) = 2.86x10-3M
(750.0mL + 300.0mL)
• [IO3-1] = (300.0mL)(2.00x10-2M) = 5.71x10-3M
(750.0mL + 300.0mL)
• Q= [Ce+3] [IO
3-1]3 = (2.86x10-3)(5.71x10-3)
• Q= 5.32x10-10 > K
sp=1.9x10-10