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Question : 57 of 73
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If 0.561 g of KOH is dissolved in water to give 200 mL of solution at 298 K, calculate the concentrations of potassium, hydrogen and hydroxyl ions. What is its pH?
Solution:  
Molar mass of KOH = 56.0 g mol−1\mathrm{g\,mol^{-1}}
∴ No. of moles of KOH = 0.561 g56.0 g mol−1\frac{0.561\ \mathrm{g}}{56.0\ \mathrm{g\,mol^{-1}}} = 0.01 mol
and conc. of KOH = 0.010.2 L\frac{0.01}{0.2\ \mathrm{L}} mol = 0.05 mol/L
KOH(aq)\mathrm{KOH}_{\mathrm{(aq)}} → K+(aq)+OH−(aq)\mathrm{K^{+}}_{\mathrm{(aq)}} + \mathrm{OH^{-}}_{\mathrm{(aq)}}
[K+][\mathrm{K^{+}}] = [OH−][\mathrm{OH^{-}}] = 0.05 M and [H+][\mathrm{H^{+}}] = Kw[OH−]\frac{K_{w}}{[\mathrm{OH^{-}}]} = 1.0×10−140.05\frac{1.0 \times 10^{-14}}{0.05} = 2.0 × 10−1310^{-13}
∴ pH = - log (2.0 × 10−1310^{-13}) = 12.70
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