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Molarity Question
I have a solution of .1M NaOH. That's 4gr of NaOH in 1 liter H2O.
Here's the question: Ignoring the Na portion of the solution, what is the OH concentration of this .1M solution of NaOH? Is it also .1M? Also, how
many moles of OH- would be in 1 ml of .1M NaOH?
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Keith
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enhzflep
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Are they hairy nosed Moles, or Mols? 
Seriously though, 0.1M NaOH solution has a pH of 13, and since pH + pOH = 14,
and 10^-pOH = [OH-], one can clearly deduce that the answer to your question(homework? ) is xxx.
Have a look at this site Defining pH & pOH It will explain it all to you as it just did for me 
(again) - it's been over 10 years since I forgot 
[Edited on 10-5-2006 by enhzflep]
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Thanks - will have a look!
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ok - I had a look at that site - interesting stuff! I shall study it profusely tonight!
Here's where I am at, trying to use a real-life situation:
I make biodiesel ...
Normally, you just titrate 1ml of waste oil with a .1M solution of NaOH, until you get to lasting pink with phenolphalein, which tells you how much
NaOH you are going to need per liter of waste oil when processing it.
Of course, this works, and I know how much NaOH I need per liter. However, I have always wanted to be able to calculate the actual pH of the waste
vegetable oil, as this is a good indicator of how 'good' the stuff is to begin with.
So I already have a ready supply of .1M NaOH made up.
.1M solution of NaOH is 4 gr in 1 liter. If I ignore the Na, and just consider the OH, then the solution concentration is 4/17 (atomic weight of OH
only). Therefore, my solution is .23529M if just considering the OH.
So: I have 1ml of acidic substance (waste vegetable oil). It takes 5ml of this .23529M to bring it to a pH of 8.5 (using phenolphalein as indicator).
I can use the pH= -Log[H+] or even pH=-Log[OH], as they are at equilibrium, and I get .0017645 moles. Therefore pH = -Log[.0017645] = 2.7534.
So can I just subtract this 2.7534 from 8.5 to get the actual pH of the acidic oil?
You can obviously tell I am not a chemist!
| Quote: | Originally posted by enhzflep
Are they hairy nosed Moles, or Mols?
Seriously though, 0.1M NaOH solution has a pH of 13, and since pH + pOH = 14,
and 10^-pOH = [OH-], one can clearly deduce that the answer to your question(homework?) is xxx.
Have a look at this site Defining pH & pOH It will explain it all to you as it just did for me
(again) - it's been over 10 years since I forgot
[Edited on 10-5-2006 by enhzflep] |
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First of all, you're calculation is wrong from the start. When calculating the number of moles of Sodium Hydroxide you have, you can't just ignore the
sodium.
M(NaOH)=23+16+1=40 g/mol
Since you're volume of fluid is 1 liter, the concentration is equal to the number of moles.
[NaOH]=n(NaOH)=4/40=0.1 M
The equation for solvolysis of Sodiumhydroxide is simply:
NaOH <==> Na[+] + OH[-]
And simple stoichiometri tells us:
[Na+]=[OH-]=0.1 M
If you add 5 ml of this to 1 liter of waste oil you add
n(OH-)=[OH-]*5*10^-3=0.5*10^-3=0.5 mmol
[OH-]=n(OH-) (since the volume is ~1 liter)
to obtain an pH of 8.5. The added hydroxide neutralized an equal amount of oxonium ions:
pH_before=pH-log[OH-]=8.50-log(0.5*10^-3)=5.19
It's possible that I've overlooked something, but it's a lot more realistic than you're answer at least.
[Edited on 10-5-2006 by Aderyn]
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This is, of course, based on the assumption that the oil is either dilute enough, or has similiar properties to water. On second thought, I'm not so
sure about that. The entire idea about pH only works in water (at least without modification), since it is based on the waters ionic product.
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Thanks again .... glad someone is beginning to straighten me out!
I do know that there are a few things that make up waste vegetable oil, and are impurities added to the vegetable oil as it is used/heated/cooled/used
again. One of those things is Free Fatty Acid (FFA). Seems the more the oil is used, the higher the Free Fatty Acid content. As I mentioned, and as
is obvious, I know little about chemistry! But perhaps as this FFA is an acid, that is why you can measure pH of the oil. Maybe it's measuring that vs
the oil? I dunno - just guessing. There is usually a certain amount of water in the used veg oil too, although for producing biodiesel, it has to be
eliminated by heating, or settling.
Another byproduct of biodiesel is glycerin, which I extract from the non-biodiesel layer after making a batch. Dunno if this factors in either.
As I say, I don't know much, but I hate just doing stuff by instruction, and not understanding what is going on. Oh - I should have listened in
chemistry class 40 years ago!
Anyway, I'll look over your much appreciated info, and see if I can learn a little from it!
Thanks again
Keith
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enhzflep
What do you mean by "Are they hairy nosed Moles, or Mols?"?
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Unionised: perhaps enhzflep did not know that a mol is the abbreviation for "mole" (not just a name for that small tunneling mammal!).
Keith: For the (I guess this would be a transesterification) of those vegetable oils, for all intents and purposes (at least on what you plan to do
with it) the [OH-] concentration is that of your solution, 0.1M. When you go to make a solution, you must take into account the molar mass of the
whole compound, not just the ion you're after. BTW, those free fatty acids are very very weak, on par with your indicator, which is itself a weak
organic acid.
so if you did M=(grams/molar mass of OH-)/(liters solution0 then you were in error.
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Fleaker: you're absolutely spot on. It's been that long that I did in fact, forget entirely that Mol is short for Mole. That said I'm not so sure that
I ever knew this, so thanks.
Dammit - I hate it when I'm a smart-ass and I'm wrong...
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