Q: calculate the concentration of hydronium ions in the solution, 18.6 mL of 2.60mol/L ClO4 (aq)added to 24.8 mL of 1.92 mol/L NaOH (aq).
Did you mean HClO
4?
Anyway, I would probably approach this by calculating the number of moles of NaOH and HClO
4. They are a strong base and acid respectively so all of it will dissociate in water to form OH
- and H
+ ions respectively. When the acid is added to the base, a neutralisation reaction will occur H
+ + OH
- H
2O
You need to decide which one of OH
- or H
+ will be limiting and which one is in excess. The limiting reagent will be completely neutralised. You now need to work out the new concentration of the excess ion (since the volume of the solution has changed), from there the concentration of the hydronium ions can be worked out.