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What is the pH of a 0.20-M solution of formic acid?

What is the pH of a 0.20-M solution of formic acid?

Answer:
For part (a): \(p H_{\mathrm{sol}}\) = 2.22

Explanation:
I will show you how to solve part (a), so that you can use this example to solve part (b) on your own.

So, you’re dealing with formic acid, HCOOH, a weak acid that does not dissociate completely in aqueous solution. This means that an equilibrium will be established between the unionized and ionized forms of the acid.

You can use an ICE table and the initial concentration of the acid to determine the concentrations of the conjugate base and of the hydronium ions tha are produced when the acid ionizes
What is the pH of a 0.20-M solution of formic acid Img 1
You need to use the acid’s \(p K_{a}\) to determine its acid dissociation constant, \(K_{a}\) which is equal to

\(K_{a}=10^{-p K_{a}}\).

In your case, you have

\(K_{a}=10^{-3.75}=1.78 \cdot 10^{-4}\).

You know that the equilibrium constant is also equal to

\(\begin{aligned}
K_{a} &=\frac{\left[\mathrm{HCOO}^{-}\right] \cdot\left[\mathrm{H}_{3} \mathrm{O}^{+}\right]}{[\mathrm{HCOOH}]} \\
K_{a} &=\frac{x \cdot x}{0.20-x}
\end{aligned}\)

Since \(K_{a}\) is small compared with the initial concentration of the acid, you can approximate (0.20−x) with 0.20. This will give you.

\(K_{a}=\frac{x^{2}}{0.2} \Rightarrow x=\sqrt{0.2 \cdot 1.78 \cdot 10^{-4}}=5.97 \cdot 10^{-3}\).

The concentration of the hydronium ions will thus be

\(x=\left[\mathrm{H}_{3} \mathrm{O}^{+}\right]=5.97 \cdot 10^{-3} \mathrm{M}\).

This means that the solution’s pH will be

\(\begin{aligned}
&p H_{\mathrm{sol}}=-\log \left(\left[\mathrm{H}_{3} \mathrm{O}^{+}\right]\right) \\
&p H_{\mathrm{sol}}=-\log \left(5.97 \cdot 10^{-3}\right)=2.22
\end{aligned}\)

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