Given 60 mL of .50 M acetic acid/acetate buffer to test. The starting composition of the two major species are:
CH3COOH: 0.304 M--------CH3COO: 0.196 M
a. use the henderson-hasselbach equation to estimate the initial pH of the buffer.
b. You add 1 mL of 1 M HCl to the buffer. Calculate the molarity of H30+ added as HCl, and the final molarities of acetic acid and acetate ion at equilibrium. What is the new value of pH?
C. Now take a fresh 60 mL of the buffer and add 1 mL of 1 M NaOH. Using steps similar to those above, calculate the new pH of the solution.