A 20mL aliquot of an unknown, weak organic acid was titrated by a 0.1130M NaOH solution. Just 0.00213L of NaOH was needed to reach equivalence point, which was indicated by the indicator changing colour.
Given:
[NaOH]= 0.1130M
V of NaOH needed to titrate = 0.00213L
V of unknown weak organic acid = 0.025L
Find:
The initial concentration of this weak acid.
Attempt:
http://i1084.photobucket.com/albums/j409/QRAWarrior/CHMA11-IMG-001-1.pngWas it correct to use the M1V1 = M2V2 approach to get the initial concentration of the weak acid?
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Part 2: The pH of the acid was found to be 3.04.
Find:
The Ka and pKa of the weak acid.
http://i1084.photobucket.com/albums/j409/QRAWarrior/CHMA11-IMG-002.pngI did not use the pH given. What I did was that I found the molarity of NaOH after dilution into the weak organic acid solution. Then, knowing that there is a 1:1 ratio of NaOH to OH-, the [OH-]f = [NaOH]f. Final meant after dilution. Then, I used this [OH-]f to get pOH, then pH.
Then, I know that at equivalence point, pH = pKa. Then, I used pKa to find Ka.
Was it correct to use this approach to get the Ka and pKa of this acid?