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(a) What is the pH of 0.0111 M NaOH? Is the solution
Chapter 18, Problem 16P(choose chapter or problem)
Problem 16P
(a) What is the pH of 0.0111 M NaOH? Is the solution neutral, acidic, or basic?
(b) What is the pOH of 1.35 × 10 -3M HCl? Is the solution neutral, acidic, or basic?
Questions & Answers
QUESTION:
Problem 16P
(a) What is the pH of 0.0111 M NaOH? Is the solution neutral, acidic, or basic?
(b) What is the pOH of 1.35 × 10 -3M HCl? Is the solution neutral, acidic, or basic?
ANSWER:
Solution 16P
Step 1
(a) Here we have to calculate what is the pH of 0.0111 M NaOH and have to explain the solution is neutral, acidic, or basic.
Concentration of [NaOH] = 0.0111 M
It is known that pOH = - log[OH-]
= -log (0.0111) = 1.9546
pH = 14.00 - pOH
= 14.00-1.9546 = 12.045 12.05
Thus the pH of 0.0111 M NaOH is found to be 12.05.
Here pH>7, hence the solution is basic.