Question #c3f72

1 Answer
Oct 7, 2016

#"499 mL"#

Explanation:

The problem tells you that slacked lime, which is simply an aqueous solution of calcium hydroxide, #"Ca"("OH")_2#, has a solubility of #"0.185 g / 100.00 mL H"_2"O"# at #20^@"C"#.

You can use this information to find the mass of calcium hydroxide dissolved in your #"10.0 mL"# sample

#10.0 color(red)(cancel(color(black)("mL"))) * ("0.185 g Ca"("OH")_2)/(100.00color(red)(cancel(color(black)("mL")))) = "0.0185 g Ca"("OH")_2#

So, you know that your sample contains #"0.0185 g"# of dissolved calcium hydroxide. As you know, calcium hydroxide is a strong base, which means that the amount dissolved will dissociate completely to produce calcium cations and hydroxide anions

#"Ca"("OH")_ (color(red)(2)(aq)) -> "Ca"_ ((aq))^(2+) + color(red)(2)"OH"_ ((aq))^(-)#

As you can see, for every mole of calcium hydroxide that dissolves in solution, you get #color(red)(2)# moles of hydroxide anions.

Use calcium hydroxide's molar mass to determine how many moles you have in your sample

#0.0185color(red)(cancel(color(black)("g"))) * ("1 mole Ca"("OH")_2)/(74.093color(red)(cancel(color(black)("g")))) = "0.0002497 moles Ca"("OH")_2#

This implies that the sample will contain

#0.0002497color(red)(cancel(color(black)("moles Ca"("OH")_2))) * (color(red)(2)color(white)(a)"moles OH"^(-))/(color(red)(cancel(color(black)("mole Ca"("OH")_2))))#

# = "0.0004994 moles OH"^(-)#

Now, in order to have a complete neutralization, you need to use enough hydrochloric acid solution to ensure that you have equal numbers of moles of hydronium cations, #"H"_3"O"^(+)#, and hydroxide anions.

In this case, you need your acid solution to contain #0.0004994# moles of hydrochloric acid. Keep in mind that hydrochloric acid is a strong acid that dissociates completely to form hydronium cations in a #1:1# mole ratio.

#"HCl"_ ((aq)) + "H"_ 2"O"_ ((l)) -> "H"_ 3"O"_ ((aq))^(+) + "Cl"_ ((aq))^(-)#

So, every mole of hydronium cations produced in solution comes from #1# mole of hydrochloric acid. Since the solution is said to have a molarity of #"0.00100 M"#, the volume that will contain that many moles of hydrochloric acid will be

#V_ "HCl" = (0.0004994 color(red)(cancel(color(black)("moles"))))/(0.00100 color(red)(cancel(color(black)("mol")))"L"^(-1)) = "0.4994 L"#

Expressed in milliliters and rounded to three sig figs, the answer will be

#color(green)(bar(ul(|color(white)(a/a)color(black)("volume of HCl " = "499 mL ")color(white)(a/a)|)))#