Ionic Equilibrium Problems

1) Calculate the amount of acetic acid in one liter of its solution given α=1% and K1=
1.8×10-5
2) Nicotinic acid (Ka =1.4×10-5) is represented by the formula HNiC. Calculat its per cent
diussociation in a solution which contains 0.10 moles of nicotinic acid per 2.0 litre of
solution.
3) Calculate the concentration of fluoroacetic acid when [H+] = 1.5 × 10-3M. Ka of acid =
2.6 × 10-3
4) 0.16g of N2H4 ae dissolved in water and the total volume made upto 500mL. Calculate
the percentage of N2H4 that has reacted with water in this solution. The Kb for N2H4 is 4.0
× 10-6
5) The ionization constant for pure formic acid, K= [HCOOH2+][HCO-] has been estimated
at 10-6 at room temperature. What percentage of formic acid molecules in pure formic
acid are converted to formate ion? The density of formic acid is 1.22g/cm3
6) A solution contains 0.1M H2S and 0.3M Hcl. Calculate the conc. of S2- and HS- ions in
solution Given Ka1 and Ka2 for H2S are 10-7 and 1.3 × 10-13 respectively.
7) Calculate the concentration of all species of significant concentration present in 0.1 M
H3PO4 solution K1= 7.5×10-3, K2=6.2×10-8, K3=×10-8, K3=.6×10-13
8) The ionization constant for the reaction of NH4+ in water is 56×10-10 at 25°C. The rate
constant for the reaction of NH4+ and OH- to form NH3 and H20 at 25°C is 3.4×1010
liter mol-1sec1. Calculate the rate constant for proton transfer from water to NH3.
9) Calculate pH of 1. 10-2N HCl 2. 10-2M H2SO4 3. 10-2N H2SO4 4. 10-8N HCl
and 5. 102M HCl
10) For solutions of weak acid and a graph of pH vs the log of acid concentration [HA]
should be a straight line. What is the magnitude of the slope of that line?
11) A solution contains 0.09M HCl. 0.09M CHCl2COOH and 0.1 M CH3COOH. The pH of
this solution is 1. If Ka for acetic acid is 10-5, Calculate Ka for CHCl2COOH.
12) What are [H+], [A-] and [B-] in a solution that is 0.03M HA and 0.1M HB? Ka for HA and
HB are 1.38×10-4 and 1.05×10-10 respectively. Also report pH of the solution.
13) The pH of pure water at 25°C and 35°C are 7 and 6 respectively. Calculate the heat of
formation of water from H+ and OH-
14) 20mL of 0.2M NaOH is added to 50mL of 0.2M acetic acid. (Ka=1.8×10-5) (a) What is
pH of the solution? (b) Calculate volume of 0.2M NaOH required to make pH of solution
4.74.
15) Two buffers (X) and (Y) of pH 4.0 and 6.0 respectively are prepared from acid HA and
the salt NaA. Both the buffers are 0.50M in HA. What would be the pH of the solution
obtained by mixing equal volumes of two buffers? (KHA=1.0×10-5)
16) Ksp of AgCl is 2.8×10-10 at 25°C. Calculate solubility of AgCl in (i) Pure water, (ii)0.1M
AgNO3 (iii) 0.1M NaCl
17) The [Ag+] ion in a saturated solution of Ag2CrO4 at 25°C is 1.5×10-4. Determine Ksp of
Ag2CrO4 at 25°C.
18) An aqueous solution contains 0.1M of Ba2+ and 0.1M Ca2+. Calculate the maximum
concentration of Na2SO4 at which one of them is completely precipitated almost
completely. What percentage of that ion is precipitated? Ksp of BaSO4= 1.5×10-9; Ksp of
CaSO4= 2×10-4
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19) Prove that degree of dissociation of a weak acid is given by ∝ =
ଵାଵ଴ሺ೛಼ೌష೛ಹሻ
20) Suppose you are given some conc. HCl which is labeled 11.6M HCl. You wish to make it
50.0mL of pH1.25. What is the recipe?
21) Ksp of PbCl2 is 10-13. What will be [Pb2+] in a solution prepared by mixing 100mL of
0.1M Pb(NO3)2 and 1mL of 1M HCl.
22) A solution has 0.05 M Mg2+ and 0.05 M NH3. Calculate the concentration of NH4Cl
required to prevent the formation of Mg(OH)2 in solution . Ksp of Mg(OH)2 = 9.0×10-12
and Kb of NH3= 1.8×10-5