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How many moles of HCOONa must be added to 1L of 0.1 M HCOOH to prepare a buffer solution with a pH of  3.4  ?  (Given  :  Ka  for  HCOOH  =  2  ×  10 –4); (10-0.3 = 0.5)

A.0.01
B.0.05✓ Correct
C.0.1
D.0.2
Explanation

HCOOH and HCOONa forms acidic Buffer Using  Henderson  –  Hasselbalch  equation,  we  have a Conjugate base pH = pK log Acid As the final volume of both conjugate base and acid in buffer  solution  will  be  same,  we  can  replace concentration with no. of moles, Thus, a no. of moles of conjugate base pH = pK log no. of moles of acid a moles of HCOO pH = pK log  0.1 moles of HCOOH >> moles of HCOO 3.4 = 3.7 log 0.1 >> moles of HCOO 0.3 = log 0.1 >> 0.3 0.1 10 moles of HCOO >> 0.3 0.1 0.1 moles of HCOO 0.05 2 10 >>

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