Chemistry acid-base Help Please!?

2017-11-05 9:20 pm
If enough of a monoprotic acid is dissolved in water to produce a 0.0173 M solution with a pH of 6.71, what is the equilibrium constant, Ka, for the acid?

I tried doing (1.95 x 10^-7)^2 / (0.0173 - 1.95 x 10^-7) but it is not right. I get this response: "Incorrect. You have not accounted for the autoprotolysis of water when calculating the Ka value". Can someone help me with this please? I cannot get the right answer
Just using 0.0173 in the denominator gives the same wrong answer as well.
更新1:

The answer is not 2.2 x 10^-12.

回答 (2)

2017-11-05 10:00 pm
✔ 最佳答案
As the pH of the solution is very close to 7, the autoprotolysis of water should be considered.

Let x M is the [H⁺] formed from the autoprotolysis of water, and y M be the [H⁺] formed from the dissociation of the acid, HA.
Then, total [H⁺] in the solution = (x + y) M = 10⁻⁶·⁷¹ M = 1.95 * 10⁻⁷ M

Consider the autoprotolysis of water :
____________ H₂O(l) __ ⇌ ___ OH⁻(aq) __ + __ H⁺(aq) ___ Kw = 1.00 * 10⁻¹⁴
Initial: ___________________ 0 M __________ 0 M
Change: _________________ +x M ________ +(x + y) M {y M of H⁺ formed from the acid}
At eqm: __________________ x M ____ (x + y) M = 1.95 * 10⁻⁷ M

At equilibrium : Kw = [OH⁻] [H⁺]
1.00 * 10⁻¹⁴ = x (1.95 * 10⁻⁷)
x = 5.13 * 10⁻⁸
y = (1.95 * 10⁻⁷) - (5.13 * 10⁻⁸) = 1.44 * 10⁻⁷

Consider the dissociation of the acid HA :
____________ HA(aq) __ ⇌ __ A⁻(aq) __ + __ H⁺(aq) ___ Ka
Initial: _____ 0.0173 M ______ 0 M ________ 0 M
Change: ______ -y M _______ +y M _____ +(x + y) M {x M of H⁺ formed from water}
At eqm: __ (0.0173 - y) M ____ y M ______ (x + y) M

At equilibrium :
[HA] = (0.0173 - y) M = (0.0173 - 1.44 * 10⁻⁷) M ≈ 0.0173 M
[A⁻] = y M = 1.44 * 10⁻⁷ M
[H⁺] = (x + y) M = 1.95 * 10⁻⁷ M

Ka = [A⁻] [H⁺] / [HA] = (1.44 × 10⁻⁷) * (1.95 × 10⁻⁷) / 0.0173 = 1.62 * 10⁻¹²
2017-11-05 9:36 pm
EDIT:

HA <=> H^+ + A^-
0.0173...10^-7...0
0.0173-x...+x...+x

HA: 0.0173 -x
H^+:10^-7 + x
A^-: x
so
Ka = ((10^-7 + x)*x) / (0.0173 -x)

x= H^+ = 9.498*10^- 8 (M)

Ka = 1.069*10^-12 (M)


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