Chemistry and Chemical Reactivity (9th Edition)

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Chapter 17 Principles of Chemical Reactivity: Other Aspects of Aqueous Equilibria - Study Questions - Page 677d: 82

Answer

a) Less than 7 b) Greater than 7 c) Equal to 7 d) Greater than 7.

Work Step by Step

a) Given the equal concentration and volume of the weak acid and the strong base, the mixture is at the equivalence point, so $pH = pKa < 7$ b) Given the equal concentration but higher volume of the weak base compared to the strong acid, the mixture is before the equivalence point so $pH > pKa$ for ammonium $pKa > 7$ c) Mixture of strong acid and strong base, volume x concentration is the same for both, it's at the equivalence point $pH = 7$. d) Mixture of strong acid and strong base, same volume but the base is more concentrated, it's after the equivalence point $pH>7$
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