You need to prepare an acetate buffer of pH 5.80 from a 0.869 M acetic acid solution and a 2.06 M KOH solution. If you have 475 mL of the acetic acid solution, how many milliliters of the KOH solution do you need to add to make a bufer of pH 5.80? The pKa of acetic acid is 4.76.
moles of acetic acid = 475 x 0.869 / 1000 = 0.413
CH3COOH + KOH -------------> CH3COOK + H2O
0.413 2.06V 0 0
0.413 - 2.06V 0 2.06 V 2.06V
pH = pKa + log [CH3COOK / CH3COOH]
5.80 = 4.76 + log [2.06 V / 0.413-2.06 V]
[2.06 V / 0.413-2.06 V] = 10.96
V = 0.1837 L
volume of KOH = 184 mL
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