Chemistry 20 (ACIDS & BASES) - Calculating pH and pOH practice

1. What is the pH of the following solutions given their hydronium ion concentrations? Which would be considered
acidic?
a. [H3O+(aq)] = 5.32 × 10–7 mol/L

b. [H3O+(aq)] = 6.1 × 10–5 mol/L

c. [H3O+(aq)] = 2.679 × 10–14 mol/L

d. [H3O+(aq)] = 0.23 mol/L

2. What is the pOH of the following solutions given their hydroxide ion concentrations? Which of the solutions would
be considered acidic?
a. [OH-(aq)] = 4.67 × 10–3 mol/L

b. [OH-(aq)] = 5.84 × 10–8 mol/L

c. [OH-(aq)] = 1.478 × 10–14mol/L

d. [OH-(aq)] = 3.4 × 10–2 mol/L

3. What is the concentration of hydronium ions in the following solutions given their pH values? Acidic or basic?
a. pH = 2.34
b. pH = 15.6
c. pH = 1.892

4. What is the concentration of hydroxide ions in the following solutions given their pOH values? Acidic or basic?
a. pOH = 2.34
b. pOH = 15.6
c. pOH = 1.892

5. If given the pH of the following solution, give the pOH, or vice versa:
a. pH = 12.3
b. pOH = 5.5
c. pOH = 2.95

6. Fill in the following chart and answer a-e. a. Notice in the chart that the concentration of H3O+(aq) is
[H3O+(aq)] (mol/L) pH continually decreasing. What do you notice about the pH
1.37 × 10–2 values?

2.38 × 10–5 b. Generalize what happens to pH as acidity decreases.

2.38 × 10–6
c. What do you think happens to pH as basicity decreases?
–7
1.00 × 10
d. Find some spots on the table when the pH increases by
3.45 × 10–9 exactly 1 pH unit. What do you notice about the change in
3.45 × 10–10 concentration of hydronium ions at these points?

3.45 × 10–11 e. Find a spot on the table when the pH increases by exactly 2
pH units. What do you notice about the change in
5.33 × 10–12
concentration of hydronium ions at these points?
7. What is the pOH of a 3.2 mol/L solution of lithium hydroxide, LiOH(aq)?

8. What is the pH of a 0.563 mol/L solution of nitric acid, HNO3(aq)?

9. What is the pOH of a solution made by dissolving 4.95 g of potassium hydroxide, KOH(aq), in 4.50 L of water?

10. What is the pH of a solution made by dissolving 3.62 g of pure hydrogen perchlorate, HClO 4(aq) (strong acid), in 2.0 L
of water?

11. What is the pH of a solution made by dissolving 2.357 g of pure hydrobromic acid, HBr(aq), in 50.0 L of water?

12. What is the concentration of NaOH(aq) that gives a solution with a pH of 10.32?

13. What mass of hydrogen chloride gas needs to be dissolved in 2.00L of water to create a solution with a pH of 3.298?

14. What mass of strontium hydroxide needs to be dissolved in 3.0L of water to create a solution with a pH of 8.34?

15. An acidic solution has a pH of 4. If I dilute 10mL of this solution to a final volume of 1000mL, what is the pH of the
resulting solution? What is the pOH?