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Ch.17 - Additional Aspects of Aqueous Equilibria
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Capitolo 17, Problema 25a

You are asked to prepare a pH = 3.00 buffer solution starting from 1.25 L of a 1.00 M solution of hydrofluoric acid (HF) and any amount you need of sodium fluoride (NaF). (a) What is the pH of the hydrofluoric acid solution prior to adding sodium fluoride?

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Identify the chemical species involved: Hydrofluoric acid (HF) is a weak acid, and its dissociation in water can be represented as: \( \text{HF} \rightleftharpoons \text{H}^+ + \text{F}^- \).
Use the acid dissociation constant (\( K_a \)) for HF to set up the equilibrium expression: \( K_a = \frac{[\text{H}^+][\text{F}^-]}{[\text{HF}]} \).
Look up the \( K_a \) value for HF, which is typically around \( 6.8 \times 10^{-4} \).
Assume that the initial concentration of HF is 1.00 M and that the change in concentration due to dissociation is \( x \). Set up the expression: \( K_a = \frac{x^2}{1.00 - x} \).
Solve for \( x \), which represents the \([\text{H}^+]\) concentration, and then calculate the pH using the formula: \( \text{pH} = -\log[\text{H}^+] \).

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