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Hydrolysis of Salt and The Action of Buffer Solution
Hydrolysis of Salt and The Action of Buffer Solution
ID: 20100429
Section: 1
Course: 2
Experiment: 5
Hydrolysis Of Salt"
And The Action Of
"Buffer Solution
:Aim
To learn about the concept of hydrolysis and to gain familiarity with the
behavior of buffer solutions
Table I
NaCl
NaC2H3O2
NH4Cl
ZnCl2
Table IV
pH on addition of pH on addition of
0.1 M NaOH to 0.1 M HCl to
Volume (total)
/ mL buffer pure water buffer pure water
Questions
When NaOH is added to water PH is increase fastly, but when NaOH is added
to buffer solution the PH increase slowly, because buffer solution insists the
change in PH.
When HCl is added to water PH is decrease fastly, but when HCl is added to
buffer solution the PH decrease slowly, because buffer solution insists the
change in PH.
:Points to discuss
Salts are the products formed in neutralization reactions of acids and -
.bases and they contain an "anion" part and a "cation" part
Hydrolysis reactions: are the reactions of ions with water are frequently -
called
Salt of a strong acid and a strong base: Examples: NaCl, KBr, and Ba(NO 3)2. -
.Neither the cation nor anion hydrolyses, and the solution has a pH of 7
Salt of a strong acid and a weak base: Examples: NH4Br, ZnCl2, and -
Al(NO3)3. The cation hydrolyzes, forming H+ ions, and the solution has a pH
.less than 7
Salt of a weak acid and a strong base: Examples: NaNO2, KC2H3O2, and -
Ca(OCl)2. The anion hydrolyzes, forming OH‾ ions, and the solution has a
.pH greater than 7
Salt of a weak acid and a weak base: Examples: NH4F, NH4C2H3O2, and -
Zn(NO2)2. Both ions hydrolyze. The pH of solution is determined by the
.relative extent to which each ion hydrolyzes
In part one we used different indicators and which have different amount of -
PH and different colors in the different solutions, methyl red (4.2−6.3)
bromothymol blue (6.0−7.6), and phenolphthalein (8.3−10.0)
When we add a strong base to the buffer solution the acid will react with OH
;as following
If H+ are added, they react with the base component of the buffer:
We should not readjust the knobs because the PH- meter has been -
.standardized
We should take care of adding the right amounts of quantities and the -
suitable concentrations as well , also we should be careful while taking
.readings by the PH meter
:Conclusion
In the end of the experiment we learnt about the concept of hydrolysis and
that every salt that contain a week anion or cation makes different kinds of
solution during hydrolysis (acidic, Basic, or neutral solutions). Weak cations
makes acidic solutions PH<7 , weak anions makes basic solutions PH>7 and
strong acids or bases do not hydrolysis and give neutral solutions PH=7. We
also learnt about how do buffer solutions can resist the large change of the PH
.during the addition of small amount of strong acid or base