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A student is asked to standardize a solution of sodium hydroxide. He weighs out

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Question

A student is asked to standardize a solution of sodium hydroxide. He weighs out 0.920 g potassium hydrogen phthalate (KHC8H4O4, treat this as a monoprotic acid). It requires 29.5 mL of sodium hydroxide to reach the endpoint.

A.) What is the molarity of the sodium hydroxide solution? 0.153 M This sodium hydroxide solution is then used to titrate an unknown solution of hydroiodic acid.

B.) If 10.7 mL of the sodium hydroxide solution is required to neutralize 25.0 mL of hydroiodic acid, what is the molarity of the hydroiodic acid solution? 0.357 M

Explanation / Answer

KHC8H4O4 + NaOH -----------------> NaKC8H4O4 + H2O

no of moles of KHC8H4O4 = W/G.M.Wt

                                        = 0.92/204.22   = 0.0045 moles

1 moles of KHC8H4O4 react with 1 mole of NaOH

0.0045 moles of KHC8H4O4 react with 0.0045 moles of NaOH

no of moles of NaOH    = molarity * volume in L

         0.0045               = molarity *0.0295

   molarity                 = 0.0045/0.0295   = 0.153M

molarity of NaOH = 0.153M

B. NaOH + HI --------------------> NaI + H2O

   NaOH                                                 HI

   M1 = 0.153M                                     M2 =

   V1 = 10.7ml                                      V2 = 25ml

n1 = 1                                                 n2 =1

             M1V1/n1   =   M2V2/n2

                  M2      = M1V1n2/V2n1

                             = 0.153*10.7*1/25*1   = 0.0654M

molarity of HI   = 0.0654M