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Practice Problems For KSP - Chemistry

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What change will be caused by the addition of a small

amount of HCl to a HF/NaF buffer?

a) [H3O+] will increase significantly.


b) [F] and [H3O+] will both increase.
c) [HF] will decrease and [F] will increase.
d) [F] will decrease and [HF] will increase.
e) The fluoride ions will precipitate out of solution as
its acid salt.

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Calculate the pH of a buffer which contains 0.0500 M


pyruvic acid and 0.0450 M sodium pyruvate. (The Ka of
pyruvic acid is 4.1 103)
a)
b)
c)
d)

2.34
1.35
1.30
2.41

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What mass of ammonium chloride must be added


to a 0.500 L solution of 0.250 M ammonia to make a
buffer with a pH of 9.26? Kb (NH3) = 1.8 105?
a)
b)
c)
d)

0.12 g
6.6 g
1.4 g
0.028 g

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Which of the following is true?


a) An effective buffer has a [base]/[acid] ratio in the
range of 10 100.
b) A buffer is most resistant to pH change when
[acid] = [conjugate base].
c) An effective buffer should have a very small absolute
concentration of acid and conjugate base.
d) A buffer cannot be destroyed by adding too much
strong base. It can only be destroyed by adding too
much strong acid.
e) None of the above are true.
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A 1.0 L buffer solution is 0.050 M HC2H3O2 and


0.250 M NaC2H3O2. Which of the following actions will
destroy the buffer?
a) adding 0.050 moles
of NaC2H3O2
b) adding 0.050 moles
of HC2H3O2
c) adding 0.050 moles
of HCl
d) adding 0.050 moles
of NaOH
e) None of the above
will destroy the buffer.
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If the pKa of HCHO2 is 3.74 and the pH of an


HCHO2/NaCHO2 solution is 3.89, which of the following
is true?
a) [HCHO2] >> [NaCHO2]
b) [HCHO2] > [NaCHO2]
c) [HCHO2] = [NaCHO2]
d) [HCHO2] < [NaCHO2]
e) It is not possible to make a
buffer at this pH with these
components.

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Which of the following acids and their conjugate base


would be the best to form a buffer with a pH of 4.4?
a) HC7H5O2, Ka = 6.5 105
b) HF, Ka = 3.5 104
c) HClO, Ka = 2.9 108
d) HCN, Ka = 4.9 1010
e) HClO2, Ka = 1.1 102

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Hypochlorous acid (HOCl) is a weak acid with


pKa = 7.54. Suppose a 45.00 mL sample of 0.240 M HOCl
solution is titrated with a 0.250 M standard KOH solution.
What is the pH at the equivalence point?
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)

4.15
3.61
9.85
7.41
10.31

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Which titration curve is reasonable for the titration of a


weak acid with a strong base?

a)

b)

c)

d)

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Ephedrine, a weak base, is the active ingredient in


many commercial decongestants. A sample is
dissolved in 0.200 L of water and titrated to the
endpoint with 12.00 mL of 0.900 M HCl.
H

a) Bromocresol purple
(pH range = 5.2 6.8)
b) Napthyl red
(pH range = 3.7 5.0)
c) Thymol blue
(pH range = 1.2 2.8)
d) Phenolphthalein (pH
range = 8.0 10.0)
e) None of the above
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H
N

ephedrine, pKb = 4.04

What is the molar solubility of AgCl? Ksp = 1.771010.


a)
b)
c)
d)
e)

3.13 1020 M
1.33 105 M
8.85 1011 M
3.54 1010 M
3.57 104 M

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Hydroxyapatite is the main mineral component of bone.


How many grams of hydroxyapatite will dissolve in 1.00 L
of H2O? Ksp = 2.34 1059; Molar mass = 502.3 g/mol?
Ca5(PO4)3OH (s)
a)
b)
c)
d)
e)

4.35 105 g
8.67 108 g
1.16 1020 g
5.83 1018 g
1.18 1056 g

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5 Ca2+ (aq) + 3 PO43 (aq) + OH (aq)

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