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Oxalic acid is a relatively strong diprotic acid with Ka1 = 5.6 ´ 10-2 and Ka2 = 5.1 ´ 10-5.
What is the C2O42- concentration in a solution that is 0.10 M in oxalic acid and 1.0 M in HCl? (Consider that the oxalic acid concentration at equilibrium for this common ion problem is 0.10 M.)
To find the concentration of C2O42- in the solution, we need to determine the equilibrium concentrations of all the species involved in the reaction.
The balanced equation for the dissociation of oxalic acid (H2C2O4) is:
H2C2O4 ⇌ 2H+ + C2O42-
Let's denote the initial concentration of H2C2O4 as [H2C2O4]0, which is given as 0.10 M in this case.
At equilibrium, we can assume that some of the H2C2O4 dissociates into H+ and C2O42-. Let's assume x moles of H2C2O4 dissociate.
After dissociation, the concentration of H2C2O4 would be ([H2C2O4]0 - x) M, and the concentrations of H+ and C2O42- would be 2x M and x M, respectively.
Now, since HCl is a strong acid, we can assume that it dissociates completely and the concentration of H+ from HCl is 1.0 M. Therefore, the total concentration of H+ in the solution at equilibrium would be (1.0 M + 2x) M.
Now, we can write the expression for the first dissociation equilibrium of H2C2O4:
Ka1 = [H+][C2O42-]/[H2C2O4]
Substituting the equilibrium concentrations, we get:
5.6 × 10^-2 = (2x)(x)/([H2C2O4]0 - x)
Since it's given that the oxalic acid concentration at equilibrium is 0.10 M, we can substitute [H2C2O4]0 as 0.10 M in the above equation.
So, we now have:
5.6 × 10^-2 = (2x)(x)/(0.10 - x)
Simplifying this equation, we can solve for x, which represents the concentration of C2O42-.
Once we have the value for x, we can calculate the concentration of C2O42- as x M.