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Patrick Essio 1H
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Can someone help me with this problem?

Postby Patrick Essio 1H » Wed Feb 01, 2023 4:42 pm

Hello!
I am doing one of the practice midterm worksheets and I came across this problem that I am struggling with. Can someone provide some insight?

Patrick Essio 1H
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Re: Can someone help me with this problem?

Postby Patrick Essio 1H » Wed Feb 01, 2023 4:44 pm

It is number 15 on this worksheet.
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Ananya Ravikumar 1I
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Re: Can someone help me with this problem?

Postby Ananya Ravikumar 1I » Thu Feb 02, 2023 1:02 am

I am getting D. 0.074M
since pOH=2.94, [OH-]=10^(-2.94)=0.001148M
[NH4+]=[OH-] at equilibrium
The reaction shows the basic property of NH3, and we are given Ka, so we find Kb=10^-14/Ka=1.78*10^-5
Since the Kb is small, we can consider that the initial and equilibrium concentration of NH3 is the same. Let it be x.
Kb = [NH4+][OH-]/x
plug in the numbers and x will come to be 0.074M

Zubaida Morataya Bashir 2H
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Re: Can someone help me with this problem?

Postby Zubaida Morataya Bashir 2H » Sun Feb 05, 2023 10:37 pm

since you are given the pOH, you can get the concentration of OH from this by doing 10^-2.94. This would also give you the concentration of NH4+. It's important to note that they gave you Ka when you need Kb since this has a basic nature, so you'd need to convert Ka to Kb. Hope this helps!


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