Calculate the pH at the equivalence point in titrating a 0.120 M solution of NaHCrO4 (sodium hydrogen chromate) with 7.0×10−2 NaOH.

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The titration process is

NaHCrO4 + NaOH --> Na2CrO4 + HOH
This is a hydrolysis problem of the salt, Na2CrO4.
CrO4^-2 + HOH ==> HCrO4^- + OH^-

Kb = (Kw/k2) = (HCrO4^-)(OH^-)/(CrO4^-2)
You know Kw, k2(that's k2 for H2CrO4), and you know the concn of CrO4^-2. Let x = HCrO4^- and x = OH^-.
Solve for x and convert to pH.
Note: concn of the CrO4^- is moles/L solution. Don't forget for volume to add the volume you started with to the volume added to reach the equivalence point.

To calculate the pH at the equivalence point, we need to determine the species involved in the reaction and the reaction stoichiometry.

The balanced chemical equation for the reaction between NaHCrO4 and NaOH is:
NaHCrO4 + NaOH → Na2CrO4 + H2O

Here, NaHCrO4 is being titrated by NaOH, which is a strong base. At the equivalence point, the moles of NaHCrO4 and NaOH will be in a 1:1 ratio.

First, let's calculate the number of moles of NaOH required to reach the equivalence point using the Molarity (M) and volume (V) of NaOH.

Moles of NaOH = Molarity × Volume
Moles of NaOH = 7.0×10^(-2) M × volume of NaOH (in liters)

Since we don't have the volume of NaOH given, we cannot determine the number of moles used. However, we know that at the equivalence point, the stoichiometry is 1 mol of NaHCrO4 reacts with 1 mol of NaOH.

Thus, the number of moles of NaHCrO4 is equal to the number of moles of NaOH.

Now, we can calculate the concentration of NaHCrO4 at the equivalence point using the initial concentration of NaHCrO4 and the number of moles of NaHCrO4.

Concentration of NaHCrO4 = moles of NaHCrO4 / volume of NaHCrO4 (in liters)

The volume of NaHCrO4 can be determined if we have the volume of NaOH used. However, without that information, we cannot determine the concentration of NaHCrO4 at the equivalence point.

To calculate the pH at the equivalence point, we need to know the concentration of the resulting ions or molecules. Without that information, we are unable to provide an exact pH value.

Please provide the volume of NaOH used, and we can continue with the calculation.

To calculate the pH at the equivalence point, we need to understand the reaction that occurs during the titration.

NaHCrO4 is a salt formed from the reaction between sodium hydroxide (NaOH) and chromic acid (H2CrO4). In water, NaHCrO4 dissociates into Na+ and HCrO4- ions.

During the titration, NaOH is added to the NaHCrO4 solution. The reaction that occurs is as follows:

NaOH + HCrO4- → NaCrO4 + H2O

At the equivalence point of the titration, the moles of NaOH added will be equal to the moles of HCrO4- initially present in the solution. This means all the HCrO4- ions will have been neutralized by the NaOH, leaving only the conjugate base, CrO4^2-.

To calculate the pH at the equivalence point, we need to consider the dissociation of the CrO4^2- ion in water:

CrO4^2- ↔ CrO4^2- + 2OH-

This is a basic hydrolysis reaction. The OH- ions will react with water to generate OH- and H2O:

OH- + H2O ↔ H3O+

Since the reaction is reversible, we can use the concept of the autoionization of water, which states that the concentration of OH- and H3O+ in water is equal and constant at 1.0 × 10^-14 M at 25°C.

Therefore, the concentration of OH- will be equal to the concentration of H3O+, which is 1.0 × 10^-14 M. Taking the negative logarithm (base 10) of this concentration will give us the pH at the equivalence point.

So, the pH at the equivalence point will be -log(1.0 × 10^-14) = 14.