Calculating pH

Started by ann, March 08, 2023, 11:10:31 PM

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 [attachment id=0 msg=3652] Can you please walk me through how to calculate this and also what the equation would be?

uma

AlCl3 is a salt of strong acid HCl and weak base Al(OH)3. Al3+ is strong conjugate acid of weak base and Cl- is the weak conjugate base of strong acid.
It means pH is controlled by Al3+ and solution has pH less than 7.

Al3+ is very small and highly charged species which can have expanded octet in its complexes. In water it can make coordinate bonds with 6 H2O molecules and then ionizes to give H3O + ions
Al3+ + 6H2O ----->    Al(H2O)6 3+      
Al(H2O)6 3+ <----> [Al(H2O)5 OH ]2- + H3O + 
Ka = 1.4 * 10 ^-5
Make RICE table  and calculate concentration of H3O + and pH .
pH = 3.43

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