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boomvoom4000
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Acid-Base Ph question
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July 10, 2014, 07:44:37 PM »
A 5.25 g sample of NH4Br is dissolved in water to make 850 mL of solution. What is the pH of the solution? Kb (NH3) = 1.8 × 10-5. I found molarity initial to be .062
I found Ka of NH4 to be 5.6 x 10^10. I then set up the ICE box from the net reaction
NH
4
+
+ H
2
0
NH
3
+ H
3
0
+
I got pH to be 5.23 but answer says it is 11.02??
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Re: Acid-Base Ph question
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July 11, 2014, 02:38:01 AM »
5.23 it is, answer key is wrong. They calculated pH for solution of ammonia, not ammonium ion.
For the record: K
a
of ammonium ion is 5.6×10
-10
. Most likely just a typo on your side.
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Re: Acid-Base Ph question
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July 11, 2014, 12:50:26 PM »
Thanks! I've been stuck on this one for soo long!
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