How many grams to prepare a buffer?
How many grams of solid potassium cyanide should be added to 2.00 L of a 0.178 M hydrocyanic acid solution to prepare a buffer with a pH of 10.205 ?
How many grams of solid potassium cyanide should be added to 2.00 L of a 0.178 M hydrocyanic acid solution to prepare a buffer with a pH of 10.205 ?
1 Answer
Mar 14, 2018
I'll use
Explanation:
The pH of the buffer follows the Hendeson-Hasselbalch equation
do the subtraction, then raise both sides to power of 10.
3.52 moles KCN
229.22 grams KCN