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A buffer using acetic acid (pKa=4.76) is titrated with NaOH. What is the pH at half the equivalence point?
2.38
4.76
7.00
9.52
12.36
The pH at half the equivalence point is equal to the pKa of the acid.
A container of gas has a pressure of
at a temperature of
. The container is expanded to
, and the temperature is increased to
.
What is the final pressure of the container?
In this case, two variables are changed between the initial and final containers: volume and temperature. Since we are looking for the final pressure on the container, we can use the combined gas law in order to solve for the final pressure:
When using the ideal gas law, remember that temperature must be in Kelvin, not Celsius, so we will need to convert.
Use the given values to solve for the final pressure.
By definition, a Lewis base is any species that __________.
donates a pair of electrons to a Lewis acid
accepts a pair of electrons from a Lewis acid
has a pH below 7
always produces a gas as a product
removes hydrogens from a solution
The most common Lewis bases are anions, and therefore, have unpaired valence electrons which may be donated to Lewis acids. The concept of donating and/or accepting hydrogens refers to the Bronsted-Lowry definition of acids. A Bronsted-Lowry acid donates hydrogens.
Assume air contains 21% oxygen and 79% nitrogen.
If air is compressed to 5.5atm, what is the partial pressure of the oxygen?
Use Dalton's law of partial pressure:
Where is the partial pressure of oxygen and
is the mole fraction of oxygen. Plug in known values and solve.
A container of gas has a pressure of
at a temperature of
. The container is expanded to
, and the temperature is increased to
.
What is the final pressure of the container?
In this case, two variables are changed between the initial and final containers: volume and temperature. Since we are looking for the final pressure on the container, we can use the combined gas law in order to solve for the final pressure:
When using the ideal gas law, remember that temperature must be in Kelvin, not Celsius, so we will need to convert.
Use the given values to solve for the final pressure.
Which ion of nitrogen is the largest?
Ions of atoms vary in their size. When an atom gains electrons the atomic size increases, and when an atom loses electrons the atomic size decreases. Nitrogen with a formal charge of negative three will have the largest size because it has the most electrons. Remember that adding electrons will cause a negative ion, while removing electrons will cause a positive ion.
Which answer choice shows the correct chemical formula for barium sulfate?
We should first remember the difference between sulfate, sulfite, and sulfide. Sulfate is , sulfite is
` and sulfide is
.
The only answer choices that could be right must have in them. We then need to see that barium usually has a charge of
, as the periodic table shows us, and so we need a charge of
to cancel that out. The answer is
.
By definition, a Lewis base is any species that __________.
donates a pair of electrons to a Lewis acid
accepts a pair of electrons from a Lewis acid
has a pH below 7
always produces a gas as a product
removes hydrogens from a solution
The most common Lewis bases are anions, and therefore, have unpaired valence electrons which may be donated to Lewis acids. The concept of donating and/or accepting hydrogens refers to the Bronsted-Lowry definition of acids. A Bronsted-Lowry acid donates hydrogens.
Calculate the pH of the following solution at :
Use the the dissociation constant for water to calculate the concentration of hydrogen ions and then convert to the pH scale.
Rearrange the dissociation constant to solve for the hydrogen ion concentration:
Plug in the given concentrations to find the actual hydrogen ion concentration:
Convert the hydrogen ion concentration to pH scale:
A gas in a container is at
is compressed to a volume of
. What is the new pressure of the container?
Boyle's Law is:
The initial volume () and pressure (
) of the gas is given. The volume changes to a new volume (
). Our goal is to find the new pressure (
). Solving for the new pressure gives:
Notice the answer has 3 significant figures.