Question #8dd75

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Mar 23, 2015

This is dilution.

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Apr 7, 2015

Rabigh's answer is very good, I just want to add an alternative approach to using the dilution calculations equation, C1V1=C2V2.

You're dealing with 100 cm3 of a 0.1-M NaOH solution. Because sodium hydroxide is a strong base, it will dissociate completely in aqueous solution to give Na+ cations and OH anions.

NaOH(aq)Na+(aq)+OH(aq)

You can use this solution's molarity to determine the number of moles of sodium hydroxide, which is equal to the number of moles of OH ions, you have in solution before adding water

C=nVn=CV

nNaOH=0.1 M100103L=0.01 moles NaOH

When you add the 100 cm3 of water, the number of moles of sodium hydroxide remains unchanged; the only thing that changes is the volume of the solution, which implies that the concentration of OH will change as well.

Think of it like this: same number of moles, twice the volume half the initial concentration

Cnew=nVtotal=0.01 moles(100+100)103L=0.05 M

Use this concentration to determine pOH

pOH=log([OH])=log(0.05)=1.3

Therefore, pH is equal to

pHsol=14pOH=141.3=12.7