Wednesday, February 18, 2015

What is the volume in milliliters of 0.350 M KOH needed to completely neutralize 15.0 mL of a 0.250M H2S04 solution?

Sulfuric acid, H2SO4, produces two hydrogen ions per molecule. The second dissociation isn't complete since HSO4- is a weak acid, but OH- ions that are present in solution will remove the H+ from the HSO4- ions. 


Neutralization occurs when the moles of H+ and OH- are equal. Moles of H+ ion that will be neutralized is calculated as follows:


(15.0 ml H2SO4)(1 L/1000ml)(0.250 moles/L)(2 moles H+/mole H2SO4) = 0.0075 moles H+


The volume of 0.350...

Sulfuric acid, H2SO4, produces two hydrogen ions per molecule. The second dissociation isn't complete since HSO4- is a weak acid, but OH- ions that are present in solution will remove the H+ from the HSO4- ions. 


Neutralization occurs when the moles of H+ and OH- are equal. Moles of H+ ion that will be neutralized is calculated as follows:


(15.0 ml H2SO4)(1 L/1000ml)(0.250 moles/L)(2 moles H+/mole H2SO4) = 0.0075 moles H+


The volume of 0.350 M KOH needed to provide 0.0075 moles of OH- is:


(0.0075 moles)/(0.350 moles/L) x (1000 ml/1 L) = 21.4 ml KOH


Here's a shortcut of the above calculation:


Since moles acid = moles base, and moles = molarity x volume,


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


(Molarity of the solution must be multiplied by the number of H+ or OH- produced per molecule, which is represented by "n" in the equation.)


(0.250 M)(15.0 ml)(2) = (0.350)(x)(1) where x = volume of OH- = 21.4 ml


Volume doesn't need to be converted to liters, because you'll end up with milliliters if you start with volume in milliliters. The steps of converting from ml to L and then from L back to ml cancel each other out.

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