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100 ml of a buffer solution contains 0.1 M each of weak acid HA and salt NaA . How many grams of NaOH should be added to the buffer so that it's pH will be 6? ( Ka of HA = 10^-5

Akarsh Raj , 6 Years ago
Grade 11
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Vikas TU

Last Activity: 6 Years ago

We know the formula to find the concentration of a buffer in case of weak acid and strong base.
pH=  pKa+log([salt]/[acid])
It is given that the concentration of salt and acid is 0.1M and that Ka is 10^-5.
So pH of the buffer is 5.
Now we have to make the pH 6.
Let the concentration of NaOH added be x in the  given 100ml.
                         HA is in equilibrium with H+  +     A-
                    
                     Since Ka remains same and the desired pH is 6
                     
                        10^-5=(10^-6*[0.1+x])/10^-1
We get x to be 0.9.
So the weight of NaOH required would be 3.6grams.
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