Okay so here is the problem:
A beaker with 155 mL of an acetic acid buffer with a pH of 5.00 is sitting on a benchtop. The total molarity of acid and conjugate base in this buffer is 0.100 M. A student adds 9.00 mL of a 0.410 M HCl solution to the beaker. How much will the pH change? The pKa of acetic acid is 4.760. What is the delta pH? (change in pH).
What I initially thought--
H C2H3O2 --%26gt; H+ %26amp; (C2H3O2)-1
I .005549____________.009951
C +.00419 ____________-.00419
E .009739____________.005761
(btw I got .00419 by adding .009 and .410 then dividing by 1000)
then I used this formula:
1.74x10^-5= x(.005761/.009739)
x=[H+]= 2.94148x10^-5
-log(2.94148x10^-5)= 4.5313
therefore the pH=4.53
since they were asking for the change of pH I subtracted
5.00-4.53 = .4686
and apparently that is INCORRECT....
ssooo.....I dont know what I did wrong
PLEASE help me, and give step my step instructions as well
Because I'm totally lost now...Chemistry Help with Adding a Strong Acid to a Buffer-trying to find delta pH.?
Let the initial concentrations be a and b(of acid and conjugate base res.)
5 = 4.76 + log(b/a)
So b/a =1.738.
And b + a = 0.1
Solving the two, b = 0.0365 and a = 0.0635
milliMoles of acid = 0.0635*155 = 9.8425
milliMoles of conjugate base = 5.6575
On addition of .410*9 = 3.69 milliMoles HCl, the acid = 9.8425 + 3.69= 13.5325 and base = 5.6575 - 3.69 = 1.9675.
So the pH = 4.76 + log(1.9675/13.5325) = 4.76 - 0.8375
So change in pH is 5 - 4.76 + 0.8375 = 1.0775(approx.)
There might have been some calculation mistake please check the calculations.
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