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Pre-Lab Questions: The Nature of Acids and Bases: Exploring The PH Scale
Pre-Lab Questions: The Nature of Acids and Bases: Exploring The PH Scale
Pre-Lab Questions: The Nature of Acids and Bases: Exploring The PH Scale
PRE-LAB QUESTIONS
1. Where do water and hydrochloric acid (HCl) lie on the pH scale in relation to each other?
3. Explain why conjugate pairs are composed of weak acids and strong bases, and vice
versa.
Data Sheet
Post-Lab Questions
1. Show your calculations for the molarity of sodium acetate (recorded in Table 2).
4. Using the Henderson-Hasselbalch equation, calculate the predicted pH value for each
buffer solution based on the volumes given in Table 3. The pKa of acetic acid is 4.75.
Show your work.
a. Buffer A:
b. Buffer B:
c. Buffer C:
d. Buffer D:
e. Buffer E:
5. Calculate your pH percent error for each buffer solution based on your theoretical
calculations in Question 2 and your measured values in Table 3. Show your work.
a. Buffer A:
b. Buffer B:
c. Buffer C:
d. Buffer D:
e. Buffer E:
6. What are some potential sources of error in this experiment that could account for your
percent error values?
Data Sheet
Buffer F
Buffer H
n/a n/a
(water)
Buffer G
Buffer I
n/a n/a
(water)
Post-Lab Questions
1. What happened when the cola and borax solution was added to the water?
8. How would the pH change if you added 40 mL of the borax solution to 40 mL of water?
Explain your reasoning.