SCH 4U1 - ACIDS/BASES ASSIGNMENT

1. Calculate the [H
3
O
+
], [OH

], pH and pOH of a 1.00 L aqueous solution containing

6.78 g of Ba(OH)
2
.


2. Cacodylic acid, simplified here as H-Ca is used as a cotton defoliant. A 0.011 M
cacodylic acid solution is 0.77 % ionized in water. What is the pH of the solution and
calculate the K
a
for cacodylic acid.


3. Nicotine, C
10
H
14
N
2
, the active ingredient in tobacco is a weak base, abbreviated here
as Nic-N. Calculate the pH and percent dissociation of a 0.0034 M solution of nicotine
given that its K
b
= 1.0 10
6
.


4. Predict the products of the following acid-base reactions. Identify the acid, base, the
conjugate acid and conjugate base in each.

a. H
2
PO
4

(aq) + CO
3
2
(aq)

b. CN

(aq) + C
6
H
5
NH
3
+
(aq)


5. Explain whether an aqueous solution of each of the following salts is acidic, basic or
neutral. No pH calculations are necessary. Write ionic equations to explain your
reasoning.

NH
4
NO
3
, CsCl, NaCH
3
OO, K
2
HSO
3



6. Benzoic acid, C
6
H
5
COOH and its salts are used as food preservatives. What is the pH of
a 0.015 M solution of NaC
6
H
5
COO?

7. A 100 mL buffer solution contains 0.50 M hydrofluoric acid, HF and 0.45 M potassium
fluoride, KF.

a. What is the pH of this buffer?

b. What is the pH after addition of 0.040 g of KOH to the solution?

c. Explain the increase or decrease in pH and in the [HF]/[ F

] ratio of the buffer if

one adds 6.0 M HCl to the buffer system.


8 A 20.0 mL sample of 0.114 M Ba(OH)
2
reacts completely with 24.7 mL sample of HI.
What is the concentration of HI?