Dissociation

Ka, or the acid dissociation constant, gives a measure to which an acid dissociates in a solution. It also provides a measure of the strength of an acid. If the value of Ka is high, the said acid s largely dissociated, making the acid strong. However, when the value of Ka…

Purpose The purpose of this experiment is to find the pKIn blue using spectrophotometry. Bromophenol blue dissociate in water by the following reaction: i) HIn + H2O ⇋ H3O+ + In- The KIn value can be calculated from the reaction: ii) K_In=[H3O+][ In-]/[HIn] Taking the negative logarithm on both sides, iii)〖pK〗_In=pH+log⁡[HIn]/[〖In〗^- ] Solution sample of bromophenol blue with different but similar pH is put into spectrophotometer to find out the ratio of [HIn]/[In-] based on the Beer-…

out to show how the Henderson-Hasselbalch equation works and to apply and hone the skills of pipetting, buffer-making, pH-meter use and graphing. The primary goal of the practical was to determine the pKa value of a weak acid. The Ka is an acid dissociation constant, it is a quantitative measure of the strength of an acid in solution. The pKa is defined as the negative log of the Ka, pKa= -log Ka. The lower the value for the pKa the more acidic the acid (greater concentration of H+ ions). The…

Optimisation studies were carried out on the basis of varying initial concentration of Chitosan and Xanthan, and varying pH of Chitosan solution. The results obtained were interesting. Unstable capsules were formed with the following combination of Xanthan and Chitosan concentration. The Chitosan solution pH was kept constant at 5. The above table gives the inference that when Xanthan concentration is less than or equal to 0.5% or Chitosan concentration is less than or equal to 0.5%, the…

analyze the impacts of glucose on the dissolution of these metal ions. The scope of this project could only focus on the effect of one variable; whether in fact, many other variables such as pH, salinity, and phosphate ions could also affect the dissociation of NMC particles. However, by focusing on one variable at time, a more general hypothesis could be drawn and utilized in the treatment of waste batteries. Background information on how glucose could form complexes with metal ions were…

The list of errors start from the beginning of the experiment. Although the numbers seem to be close to the actual values, there is still room for error with the numbers. What the class noticed first is that we could have been working with very impure benzoic acid. The benzoic acid we were given was made by the 102 chemistry students, meaning that it wasn’t properly made. Students have said that they were rushed and weren’t able to take their time to filter the solid out of the solution. We had…

to form hydronium ions, thereby lowering the pH and increasing the acidity of water. Water exposed to air is gentle in nature acidic because it absorbs small quantities of CO2 from the atmosphere. The CO2 breaks down to carbonic acid to undergo dissociation to release hydrogen ions into water, lowering the pH. Prior to that, acid added to water increases…

Part A: Background Information Acids and bases are very common in today’s society, and they can be found in most households. Acids can be found as by-products of air pollution, concrete cleaner, food flavouring and is produced by the muscle. Bases are found in most cleaning products as ammonia or sodium hydroxide, and they also treat indigestion. There are many ways that acids and bases can be defined by their chemical properties. The Bronsted-Lowry definition states that acids are proton…

Purpose Titration is a technique where an unknown solution’s concentration is determined with a solution of a known concentration. In this case, the known solution, NaOH, is dripped into the unknown, unknown #2, with a burette. The NaOH is dripped until the reaction is complete, while measuring the pH per amount of base added. Using the data collected, the equivalence point can be found and the concentration can be calculated. Then the KA can be found at specific points (20%, 40%, etc). After…

The influence of selected variables such as pH of phenol solution, concentration of hydrogen peroxide, concentration and the volume of phenol to be treated was studied to find the degree on the degradation of phenol. The influence of these variables on the degradation of phenol using H2O2 by interpreting the TOC results is presented in the following sections. 3.1 Effect of pH The phenol degradation with different pH is shown in Figure 3. As it is clearly seen, a higher pH favors the removal…