CHEMISTRY 103B, Sections 1-4

Problem Set 5: 17 Points

Due Date: midnight, Friday, February 29, 2008

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Problem 1. (ten points) In the vicinity of a Guaca-15 moon the starship Enterprise
unexpectedly encountered an inverse pseudo-hyperbolic anti-boson field anomaly causing
severe knotting in the strings comprising the up-quarks in all neutrons. Damage was
minimal, but the science officer reported that the labels on a set of bottles in the chemistry
lab had fallen off. All the solutions were colorless and identical in appearance. The
science officer carefully measured the pH of each solution and recorded the results in the
table below. Your job is to assist the science officer by using the pH data to match each
label with the correct solution. Computation will be necessary on most parts. The
attached table has the Ka and Kb data needed for this problem set.
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Information Found on Label

Solution

pH

Sodium nitrate, NaNO3, 0.0030

mol/L

12.15

Ammonium chloride, NH4Cl, 0.50

mol/L

11.85

Potassium hydroxide, KOH, 0.0070

mol/L

8.57

Hydrochloric acid, HCl, 1.5 mol/L

8.37

Hydrofluoric acid, HF, 0.050 mol/L

7.00

Sodium fluoride, NaF, 1.0 mol/L

4.78

Sulfuric acid, H2SO4, 0.20 mol/L

2.63

Calcium hydroxide, Ca(OH) 2,

0.0070 mol/L

2.24

Sodium acetate, NaCH3CO2, 0.010

0.52

mol/L
Acetic acid, HCH3CO2, 0.30 mol/L

-0.18

Problem 2. (seven points) All the solutions referred to in this problem are 0.10 mol/L at
25 C. A number of the substances are ionic compounds, and, as a result, will be 100%
dissociated into their component ions in water. Thus, some parts of the problem deal with
the behavior of the specific ions in water! You will also find it very, very, very, very, very,
very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very,
very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very,
very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very helpful [consider this a hint] to consult the
acid-conjugate base table at the end of this assignment. This problem requires no
computation. Some problems may have more than one correct answer; all correct
answers should be checked off on D2L.
(a)
Which of the following solutions will have equal concentrations of hydronium and
hydroxide ions? KCH3O, HCH3CO2, KCN, LiCl, H3PO4
(b)
Which of the following solutions will have pH < 1.00? HCN, H2O, HCl, CaF2,
H2SO4
(c)
Which of the following solutions have pOH = 13.00? Ca(NO3)2, HNO3, H2CO3,
NaOH, HCl
(d)
Which of the following solutions will have pOH = 7.00? Ca(OH)2, CaCl2, NaCl,
KClO4, NaCH3CO2
(e)
Which of the following solutions will have [OH-] greater than or equal to 0.10
mol/L? Ca(OH)2, KOH, H2O, CaCl2, HF
(f)
Which of the following solutions will have pH > 13.00? Ca(CH3)2, KOH, LiNO3,
Ca(OH)2, NH4Cl
(g)
Which of the following solutions will have hydronium ion concentration greater
than 1.0 x 10-7 mol/L but smaller than 0.10 mol/L? HCl, NaNO3, HCN, NaF, H3PO4

Acid-Conjugate Base Ka-Kb Table

Ka of acid

Formula of
acid

Formula of
conj. base

Kb of conj. Base

humungous

HClO4

ClO4-

<<1.0 x 10-14

humungous

H2SO4

HSO4-

<<1.0 x 10-14

humungous

HCl

Cl-

<<1.0 x 10-14

humungous

HNO3

NO3-

<<1.0 x 10-14

H3O+

H2O

1.0 x 10-14

1.2 x 10-2

H2SO3

HSO3-

8.3 x 10-13

7.5 x 10-3

H3PO4

H2PO4-

1.3 x 10-12

2.1 x 10-4

HCO2H

HCO2-

4.8 x 10-11

7.2 x 10-4

HF

F-

1.4 x 10-11

1.8 x 10-5

HCH 3CO2

CH 3CO2-

5.6 x 10-10

4.2 x 10-7

H2CO3

HCO3-

2.4 x 10-8

1 x 10-7

H2S

HS-

1 x 10-7

6.3 x 10-8

H2PO4-

HPO 42-

1.6 x 10-7

5.6 x 10-10

NH 4+

NH 3

1.8 x 10-5

4.0 x 10-10

HCN

CN -

2.5 x 10-5

4.9 x 10-11

HCO3-

CO32-

2.1 x 10-4

4.2 x 10-13

HPO 42-

PO43-

2.4 x 10-2

1.0 x 10-14

H2O

OH-

<<1.0 x 10-14

C2H5OH

C2H5O-

humungous

<<1.0 x 10

CH 3OH

CH3O

humungous

<<1.0 x 10-14

H2

H-

humungous

<<1.0 x 10-14

CH 4

CH 3-

humungous

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