50.0 mL of 0.200 M HNO2 is titrated to its equivalence point with 1.00 M NaOH. What is the pH at the equivalence point?

8.279

Explanation:

The pH can be determined by hydrolysis of a conjugate base of weak acid at the equivalence point.

At the equivalence point, we have

           = 25.00 x 0.200

           = 5.00 m-mol

           = 0.005 mol

Volume of the base that is added to reach the equivalence point is

Number of moles of

                                           = 0.005 mol

Volume at the equivalence point is 25 + 5 = 30.00 mL

Therefore, concentration of

                                                        = 0.167 M

Now the ICE table :

I (M)       0.167                   0            0

C (M)         -x                      +x          +x

E (M)      0.167-x                  x           x

Now, the value of the base dissociation constant is ,

    =

Base ionization constant,

So,

pOH =-

       =

        =5.72

Now, since pH + pOH = 14

           pH = 14.00 - 5.72

                = 8.279

Therefore the ph is 8.279 at the end of the titration.

c-14 is carbon-14, or radiocarbon.   it is a radioactive isotope of carbon with an atomic nucleus containing 6 protons and 8 neutrons.