1. If you need to prepare 250.0mL of a pH = 3.60 buffer that has a total buffer concentration of formic acid + formate of 0.030 M, how many moles of each will you need?
2. Discuss how to prepare the solution in Question 1 starting from 0.100M formic acid and 0.150M sodium formate.
1.
pKa of formic acid is 3.77
Let
Total volume of buffer solution is 250.0 mL or 0.2500 L (as 1 L = 1000 mL)
2.
In a 250.0 mL standard measuring flask, mix 44.7 mL of 0.100 M formic acid solution and 20.2 mL of 0.150 M sodium formate solution. Dilute the resulting solution to 250 mL mark with distilled water. Mix thoroughly.
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