It is a forum rule that you should show your work or give your thoughts before we can help you. Hint: write an equation starting with NaOH reacting with something.
Sorry! I'm new!
I know that for the first part of the problem, the reaction would proceed like so:
NH
3 NH
4+ + OH
- when it reacts with water and will produce hydroxide ions, hence the K
b.
And from that I made an ICE chart with the provided concentrations of the buffers to find pOH, then found pH.
But what I don't understand with the second part is with the addition of NaOH and how that changes everything.
I figure that it would react with the NH
4+ like so:
NH
4+ + OH
- NH
3 + H
2O
But beyond this point, I don't really know how to manipulate the ICE chart, if one is even used? And how to change the Henderson-Hasselbalch equation. Since there are more H
+ on the right side, I realize that K
a would be used.
Since there is 0.39 M of NH
3 present and 0.73 M of NH
4+, am I supposed to use both in the chart during the initial portion? Or am I only supposed to use one? I also don't understand what to do with the concentration or the volume of the NaOH that's used.