Chemistry: The Central Science (13th Edition)

Published by Prentice Hall
ISBN 10: 0321910419
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Chapter 17 - Additional Aspects of Aqueous Equilibria - Exercises - Page 768: 17.27a

Answer

$pH \approx 4.86$

Work Step by Step

$Ka = \frac{[H^+][CH_3COO^-]}{[CH_3COOH]}$ $Ka = 1.8 \times 10^{-5}$ $[CH_3COO^-] = [CH_3COONa] = 0.13M$ $[CH_3COOH] = 0.10M$ --- $1.8 \times 10^{-5} = \frac{[H^+][0.13]}{[0.10]}$ $1.8 \times 10^{-5} * 0.1 = {[H^+][0.13]}$ $1.8 \times 10^{-6} = {[H^+][0.13]}$ $[H^+] = \frac{1.8 \times 10^{-6}}{0.13}$ $[H^+] = 1.385 \times 10^{-5}$ $pH = -log[H^+]$ $pH = -log(1.385 \times 10^{-5}) \approx 4.859$
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