Friday, November 21, 2014

If 40.06mL of a standard 0.3814 M solution of NaOH is required to neutralize 48.70mL of H2SO4, what is the molarity of the acid solution?

When a solution is neutral moles of H+ and moles of OH- are equal. NaOH produces one OH- ion per molecule and H2SO4 produces two H+ ions per molecule. 


moles of OH- = (0.3814 moles/L)(40.06 ml)(1 L/1000 ml) = 0.01528 moles


moles H+ = moles OH- = 0.01528 moles


moles H2SO4 = (0.01528 moles H+)(1 mole H2SO4/2 moles H+) =0.007639 


molarity of H2SO4 = (0.007639 moles)/0.0487 L) = 0.1569 M


Here's a shortcut that's useful for neutralization problems:


Since moles acid (H+) = moles base (OH-),


(molarity of acid)(volume of acid)(n) = (molarity of base)(volume of base)(n) 


(n is the number of H+ ions produced per molecule of acid or OH- ions per molecule of base.) 


(M of acid)(48.70 ml)(2) = (0.3814 M)(40.06 ml)(1),


molarity of H2SO4 = 0.1569 M


When using this formula it's not necessary to convert volume to liters; the volumes just need to be in the same units.

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