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(a) What is the pH of 0.0333 M HNO3? Is the solution
Chapter 18, Problem 17P(choose chapter or problem)
Problem 17P
(a) What is the pH of 0.0333 M HNO3? Is the solution neutral, acidic, or basic? (b) What is the pOH of 0.0347 M KOH? Is the solution neutral, acidic, or basic?
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QUESTION:
Problem 17P
(a) What is the pH of 0.0333 M HNO3? Is the solution neutral, acidic, or basic? (b) What is the pOH of 0.0347 M KOH? Is the solution neutral, acidic, or basic?
ANSWER:
Solution 17P
Step 1
(a) Here we have to calculate the pH of 0.0333 M HNO3 and have to explain the solution is neutral, acidic, or basic.
Concentration of [HNO3] = 0.0333 M
It is known that pH = -log [H+]
= - log [0.0333] = 1.478
Here pH< 7, thus the solution is acidic.
Thus the pH of HNO3 is found to be 1.478 and the solution is acidic.