Using a 0.30 M phosphate buffer with a pH of 6.3, you add 0.80 mL of 0.50 M NaOH to 60. mL of the buffer. What is the new pH of the solution? (Enter your answer to three significant figures.)
millimoles of buffer = 0.30 x 60 = 18
H2PO4- ----------------------> HPO42- + H+
pKa2 = 7.21
pH = 6.3
pH = pKa + log [HPO42- / H2PO4-]
6.3 = 7.21 + log [HPO42- / H2PO4-]
[HPO42- / H2PO4-] = 0.123
HPO42- = 0.123 H2PO4-
HPO42- + H2PO4- = 18
0.123 H2PO4- + H2PO4- = 18
H2PO4- = 16.02
HPO42- = 1.97
millimoles of NaOH (C) = 0.80 x 0.5 = 0.4
pH = pKa + log [salt + C / acid - C]
= 7.21 + log [1.97 + 0.4 / 16.02 - 0.4]
= 6.39
pH = 6.39
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