Monday, 19 March 2007

2.3 grams of sodium are placed into a beaker containing 500 ml HCl 0.1 M;
What is the pH of the final solution?
Note: Assume the volume of the solution remains constant.

(A)pH = 7
(B)pH = 1
(C)pH = 13
(D)The pH can not be determined using given data
(E)All answers (A-D)are wrong.

17 comments:

Anonymous said...

haven't learned this stuff yet .. but im gonna guess d or e

Anonymous said...

isn't it just b?

Blog owner said...

No right answer yet. I am still waiting.

Anonymous said...

it has to be A then cuz it has to be an acid if it has HCl

Unknown said...

I would guess D, because there is no way to calculate the H+ concentration without more information

Anonymous said...

The answer is C

Anonymous said...

On the other hand, if your teacher caught you before the act, you would not be allowed to do it. So it remains as HCL, and so it is B.

See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jw9p-5t8wWY&mode=related&search=

Blog owner said...

Ok guys.

this 2 reactions take place:
2Na+2HCl = 2NaCl + H2
2Na + 2H2O = 2NaOH + H2
We have 0.1 moles of Na and 0.05 moles of HCl.
Therefore we have an excess of Na which will react with the water from the solution; 0.05 moles of Na excess wil form 0.05 moles of NaOH.
[OH-]= 0.05/0.5= 0.1 moles.
pOH=1 and pH= 14-pOH = 13

Anonymous said...

"[OH-]= 0.05/0.5= 0.1 moles." .. where did the 0.5 come from ?

Blog owner said...

0.5 is the volume of the solution expressed in liters and it was assumed to remain constant despite the fact that hydrogen went out of the system.

Anonymous said...

ohh ok. and do .05 moles of NaOH form because there were .05 moles of Na left ?

Unknown said...

but why would NaCl form? Na is soluble

Blog owner said...

For anonymous -yes
For Sylvia : Na is not soluble is a highly reactive metal which explosively reacts with both water and HCl.

Anonymous said...

but I thought the solubility rules said that Group 1A elements are ALWAYS soluble ..

Anonymous said...

but I thought the solubility rules said that Group 1A elements are ALWAYS soluble ..

Anonymous said...

3 reactions take place:
2Na+2HCl = 2NaCl + H2
2Na + 2H2O = 2NaOH + H2
NaOH + HCl|= NaCl +H2O
But the answer is pH= 13

Blog owner said...

The last reaction
NaOH + HCl|= NaCl +H2O
does not take place because there is no HCL left, all of it was already consumed.