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What volume of HCl was added if 20ml of 1M NaOH is titrated with 1M HCl to produce a pH=2

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you can do this one easily by doing this:

set up a rxn first... H+ + OH- -----> h2o

1 mole of oh- reacts with 1 mole of h+ to make 1 marginal mol of h2o.

since they tell you ur starting off with 20 ml of 1 M NaOH, you gotta calculate how many moles of OH- that is. so, 20 ml, which is .02 L x 1M OH- gives you .02 moles OH-. Since the OH- reacts in a one-to-one ratio with H+, there will also need to be .02 moles of H+ to neutralize the rxn, or perhaps, cancel the reacants out to form the additional water.


anyways, now we know we have to add 20 ml of H+. But also, we're told we gotta get that ph down to 2. Since ph = log[H+], we plug in the values and we get [H+] = to .01

So our goal, basically is to get a final [H+] of .01

Since we already need .02 moles (what we calculated earlier) to neutralize the original OH- present, that would leave us with 0 [H+] after the neutralization.

And since we know we need a final concentration of .01, we add .01 moles more moles to get that.

In total, .02 moles H+ to start, + .01 additional moles of H+ means we have to use .03 moles of H+ to get that ph of 2, given the aforementioned OH situation.

Anywho, since they tell us we should use 1M concentrated H+, we multiply that by .03 moles ot get .03 L of H+. Essentially 30 ml.
 
do you have the answer to this zerc? i want to know if im right, cuz if im not, then i got studying to do.
 
the answer is 20.4ml
I think i was wrong. My answer is longerrrr than dentalplan.
What is the full answer, op?
 
What volume of HCl was added if 20ml of 1M NaOH is titrated with 1M HCl to produce a pH=2

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Because HCl is strong acid and NaOH is strong base . 20ml of 1M NaOH will neutralize 20mL of 1M HCl . The total volume at pH = 7 is 40mL . However , the final volume has pH=2 . That means there is more H+ than OH- .
For HCl :
CiVi = CfVf
Ci = 1M
Vi= x
Cf = 0.01 (because pH= 2)
Vf= 40 +x
(1M)(x)= (0.01M)(40+x)
x=0.4 ml
Then the volume of HCl needed to add = 20+0.4= 20.4 ml
 
Because HCl is strong acid and NaOH is strong base . 20ml of 1M NaOH will neutralize 20mL of 1M HCl . The total volume at pH = 7 is 40mL . However , the final volume has pH=2 . That means there is more H+ than OH- .
For HCl :
CiVi = CfVf
Ci = 1M
Vi= x
Cf = 0.01 (because pH= 2)
Vf= 40 +x
(1M)(x)= (0.01M)(40+x)
x=0.4 ml
Then the volume of HCl needed to add = 20+0.4= 20.4 ml

ya ur right. im too stupid lol
 
dang, thanks for correctin me man. its so clear now. i forgot to think that the final volume after neutralization is 40, not 20. thanks
 
Because HCl is strong acid and NaOH is strong base . 20ml of 1M NaOH will neutralize 20mL of 1M HCl . The total volume at pH = 7 is 40mL . However , the final volume has pH=2 . That means there is more H+ than OH- .
For HCl :
CiVi = CfVf
Ci = 1M
Vi= x
Cf = 0.01 (because pH= 2)
Vf= 40 +x
(1M)(x)= (0.01M)(40+x)
x=0.4 ml
Then the volume of HCl needed to add = 20+0.4= 20.4 ml

Makes sense thanks 👍
 
Man nt4, your explanation makes so much more sense than the contrived nonsense of achiever lol. Thank you for the clear explanation...
 
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