So, this is a bit of a long question, and I've worked out a solution, but have absolutely no idea whether I'm on the right track. Here's the question and my answer; could someone check over it? Thank you!
Q: 750 mL of an acetic acid-sodium acetate buffer with pH 4.50 is needed. Solid sodium acetate (NaC2H3O2) and glacial acetic acid (HC2H3O2) are available. Glacial acetic acid is 99% HC2H3O2 by mass and has a density of 1.05 g/mL. If the buffer is to be 0.02M in HC2H3O2, how many grams of NaC2H3O2 and how many milliliters of glacial acetic acid must be used?
A:
( for acetic acid)
.20 mol acetic/ L * .75 L * 44.06 g acetic/ mol *1 mL acetic/ 1.05 g = 6.29 mL acetic acid
and perhaps (??) I should take 6.29mL* 1.01 (to account for 99%) = 6.35 mL acetic acid
(for sodium acetate)
pH= pKa + log([Na-acetate]/[acetic])
so, 4.5= 4.74 + log ([acetate]/.20 M)
after the arithmetic
[acetate]= .117 M
then, .117 mol Na-acetate/ L * .75 L * 82.04 g Na-acetate/ mol = 7.19 g sodium acetate
There are about 12 places I fear I may have gone wrong, so any and all help will be appreciated.