Question #b3ad7

1 Answer
May 14, 2017

Warning! Very long Answer. You have to calculate the pH at a number of points before and after the equivalence point and then plot pH vs volume.

Explanation:

The calculations are tedious but not difficult.

The balanced equation is

"NaOH + HCl" → "NaCl" + "H"_2"O"

pH at start

["OH"^"-"] = "0.007 25 mol/L"

"pOH" = "-log"("0.007 25") = 2.14

"pH = 14.00 - pOH = 14.00 - 2.14 = 11.86"

pH at equivalence point

color(blue)(bar(ul(|color(white)(a/a)c_text(A)V_text(A)= c_text(B)V_text(B)color(white)(a/a)|)))" "

V_text(A) = V_text(B) × c_text(B)/c_text(A) = "690 mL" × ("0.007 25" color(red)(cancel(color(black)("mol/L"))))/(0.10 color(red)(cancel(color(black)("mol/L")))) = "50.0 mL"

The equivalence point is at 50.0 mL "HCl".

pH at 25 mL

At this point, you have neutralized half the moles of "NaOH".

"Initial moles" = 0.690 color(red)(cancel(color(black)("L NaOH"))) × ("0.007 25 mol NaOH")/(1 color(red)(cancel(color(black)("L NaOH")))) = "0.005 00 mol"

"Moles present" = 0.5 × "0.005 00 mol" = "0.002 500 mol"

"Volume = (690 + 25) mL = 715 mL = 0.715 L"

["OH"^"-"] = "0.002 500 mol"/"0.715 L" = "0.003 50 mol/L"

"pOH = -log(0.003 50) = 2.46"

"pH = 14.00 - 2.46 = 11.54"

pH at 49 mL

"Moles reacted" = 49/50 × "0.005 00 mol" = "0.004 90 mol"

"Moles present" = "(0.005 00 -0.004 90) mol" = "0.000 10 mol"

"Volume = (690 + 49) mL = 739 mL = 0.739 L"

["OH"^"-"] = "0.000 10 mol"/"0.739 L" = "0.000 135 mol/L"

"pOH = -log(0.000 135) = 3.87"

"pH = 14.00 - 3.87 = 10.13"

pH at 49.9 mL

"Moles reacted = 49.9/50.0 × "0.005 00 mol" = "0.004 99 mol"

"Moles present" = "(0.005 00 -0.004 99) mol" = "0.000 01 mol"

"Volume = (690 + 49.9) mL = 739.9 mL = 0.7399 L"

["OH"^"-"] = "0.000 01 mol"/"0.7399 L" = "0.000 014 mol/L"

"pOH = -log(0.000 014) = 4.87"

"pH = 14.00 - 4.87 = 9.13"

After the equivalence point, you have neutralized all the "NaOH" and have a solution of excess "HCl".

pH at 50.1 mL

"Moles HCl added" = 0.0501 color(red)(cancel(color(black)("L"))) × "0.10 mol"/(1 color(red)(cancel(color(black)("L")))) = "0.005 01 mol"

"Excess moles HCl = (0.005 01 - 0.005 00) mol = 0.000 01 mol"

"Volume = (690 + 50.1) mL = 740.1 mL = 0.7401 L"

"[HCl]" = "0.000 01 mol"/"0.7401 L" = "0.000 014 mol/L"

"pH = -log(0.000 013) = 4.87"

pH at 51 mL

"Moles HCl added" = 0.051 color(red)(cancel(color(black)("L"))) × "0.10 mol"/(1 color(red)(cancel(color(black)("L")))) = "0.0051 mol"

"Excess moles HCl = (0.0051 - 0.005 00) mol = 0.0001 mol"

"Volume = (690 + 51) mL = 741 mL = 0.741 L"

"[HCl]" = "0.0001 mol"/"0.741 L" = "0.000 13 mol/L"

"pH = -log(0.000 13) = 3.87"

pH at 75 mL

"Moles HCl added" = 0.0750 color(red)(cancel(color(black)("L"))) × "0.10 mol"/(1 color(red)(cancel(color(black)("L")))) = "0.007 50 mol"

"Excess moles HCl = (0.007 50 - 0.005 00) mol = 0.002 50 mol"

"Volume = (690 + 75) mL = 765 mL = 0.765 L"

"[HCl]" = "0.002 50 mol"/"0.741 L" = "0.003 27 mol/L"

"pH = -log(0.00 327) = 2.49"

Plot pH vs Volume

Plot the points on a graph and draw a smooth curve between them.

I added a few extra points to get a smoother curve.

Your graph should something like this.

Graph