A solid acid is dissolved in enough water to make 200 ml of a solution. 40.0ml of the solution is titrated to a phenolphthalein en point with an NaOH solution. The neutralized solution and the remainder of the acid solution are then mixed and the PH of the resulting solution is found to be 3.35. Find Ka of the acid

Looks like not enough information is there but it can be done. The easy way to understand it is to assume some convenient concn for the weak acid and the NaOH and work it out. The easy way to solve it is to do it by reasoning. You can go through the numbers if you wish but the bottom line is that this is a buffered solution problem solved with the Henderson-Hasselbalch equation.

If we start with a weak acid, HA, and we add NaOH, all of the HA titrated will form the A^- and when mixed with the original HA, forms the buffer.How much of the anion is formed? That's 40 parts/200 parts. How much acid is left? That's 160 parts/200 parts. So the HH equation becomes
3.35 = pKa + log (anion)/(acid)
3.35 = pKa + log (40/160)
Solve for pKa and convert to Ka by pKa = -log Ka.
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consider a 50 ml solution of 0.55m cacl2 (aq). A solid piece of NaCl(s) with a volume of 14 cm3 is added to the aqueous calcium chloride solution. Calculate the chloride ion concentration in the mixture after the solid completely dissolves. Hint: You have to look up information to solve this problem

Well, I'm definitely not an acid expert, but I do know a thing or two about humor! So let's give it a shot:

Ka, you're really good at hiding! But I'm determined to find you, so here we go:

Since we're dealing with a titration, we can assume that all the solid acid has dissolved in the water to make the solution. So we start with 200 ml of solution, and we titrate 40.0 ml of it with NaOH.

Now, when you mix the neutralized solution (let's call it Solution A) and the remainder of the acid solution (let's call it Solution B), you end up with a resulting solution with a pH of 3.35.

To find Ka, we need to utilize the equilibrium equation of the acid dissociation:

HA ⇌ H+ + A-

Now, since we're dealing with a weak acid, we can assume that the concentration of A- (conjugate base) is negligibly small compared to the HA (acid) concentration. This allows us to simplify the equilibrium equation to:

HA ⇌ H+

So, we can use the formula for pH to calculate the concentration of H+ ions:

pH = -log[H+]

And since the pH is 3.35, we can calculate [H+] using this equation:

[H+] = 10^(-pH)

Now, we need to find the initial concentration of the acid (HA) in the original solution. We know that 40.0 ml of the solution was titrated with NaOH, but to simplify the calculations, let's assume that this represents the volume of Solution A.

Since Solution A and Solution B are mixed together, the total volume of the resulting solution is 200 ml. So Solution B has a volume of 200 ml - 40.0 ml = 160 ml.

Now, using the volume and concentration relationship, we can calculate the concentration of the acid (HA) in Solution B:

[HA] = (Concentration of acid in Solution A) * (Volume of Solution A) / (Total Volume of resulting solution)

Great! Now that we have the concentration of HA in Solution B and the concentration of H+ ions, we can calculate Ka using the equation:

Ka = [H+] * [A-] / [HA]

However, remember that we assume the concentration of A- is very small compared to HA, so we can approximate Ka as:

Ka ≈ [H+]^2 / [HA]

Now, plug in the values we have and calculate Ka. And remember, if you need any additional assistance, just let me know!

To find the Ka (acid dissociation constant) of the acid, we need to use the Henderson-Hasselbalch equation. The equation is as follows:

pH = pKa + log([A-]/[HA])

Where:
pH is the pH of the resulting solution (3.35)
pKa is the negative logarithm of the Ka
[A-] is the concentration of the conjugate base
[HA] is the concentration of the acid

Step 1: Calculate the concentration of the acid.
We know that 40.0 ml of the acid solution was taken for titration, and the total volume of the solution is 200 ml.
Therefore, the concentration of the acid is calculated as follows:

Concentration of the acid = Volume of acid (ml) / Total volume of solution (ml)
Concentration of the acid = 40.0 ml / 200.0 ml = 0.20

Step 2: Determine the concentration of the conjugate base.
Since the acid completely dissociates in water, the concentration of the conjugate base is equal to the concentration of the acid.
Therefore, [A-] = 0.20

Step 3: Substitute the values into the Henderson-Hasselbalch equation.
3.35 = pKa + log(0.20/0.20)
3.35 = pKa + log(1)
3.35 = pKa + 0

We can see that pKa = 3.35

Step 4: Calculate Ka.
To find Ka, we need to take the antilog of pKa.
Ka = 10^(-pKa)

Ka = 10^(-3.35)

Using a calculator, Ka is approximately 4.96 x 10^(-4)

Therefore, the Ka of the acid is 4.96 x 10^(-4).

To find the Ka of the acid, we can use the equation that relates the concentration of the acid to the pH of the solution. The equation is as follows:

pH = -log[H+]

where [H+] is the concentration of hydrogen ions in the solution.

First, let's determine the concentration of hydrogen ions in the resulting solution. We know that the pH is 3.35, so we can rewrite the equation as:

[H+] = 10^(-pH)

[H+] = 10^(-3.35)

Next, we need to determine the concentration of the acid before it was neutralized. Since 40.0 ml of the solution was titrated to the phenolphthalein endpoint, we know the volume of the solution that remained in the beaker is (200 - 40.0) ml = 160.0 ml.

To find the concentration of the acid, we need to convert ml to liters:

Concentration of the acid = (volume of the acid solution in liters) / (total volume of the solution in liters)

Concentration of the acid = (160.0 ml / 1000 ml/L) / (200 ml / 1000 ml/L)

Concentration of the acid = 0.8 / 0.2 = 4.0 M

Now, we can substitute the concentration of the acid and the concentration of hydrogen ions into the equation for Ka:

Ka = [H+]^2 / [acid]

Ka = (10^(-3.35))^2 / 4.0

Ka = 10^(-6.7) / 4.0

Ka = 1.995 x 10^(-7) / 4.0

Ka = 4.9875 x 10^(-8)

Therefore, the Ka of the acid is approximately 4.9875 x 10^(-8).