Wednesday 13 February 2013

How many mL of 0.1 M HCl are required to react completely with 1 g mixture of Na2CO3 and NaHCO3 containing equimolar amounts of both?


In our problem both Na2Co3 and NaHCO3 both are equimolar that means molairy of both substance are equal
So number of moles of Na2CO3  = number of moles of NaHCO3  --------------(1)
Let find moles of both substances
Let take mass of Na2CO3 = x g
Then mass of NaHCO3  = 1-x g
Molar mass of Na2CO3 = 2*23+ 12+ 3*16 =  106 g/ mol
Molar mass of NaHCO3 = 1*23 + 1 + 12 + 3*16 = 84 g/mol
So number of moles of Na2CO3 = mass/ molar mass = x/106 moles     ……….(2)
Number of moles of NaHCO3 is = (1-x)/ 84 gram
Plug the value in equation (1)
  We get
x/106 = 1-x/84
cross multiply them we get
84x = 106  - 106 x  solve it we get
X = 106/190 = 0.558 gram
Plug the value back in equation (2) we get = 0.558/106    = 0.00526 moles
Our reactions will
Na2CO3 + 2HCl ----> 2NaCl  +  H2CO3
NaHCO3+ HCl ------> NaCl +  H2CO3
Here in our reaction 2 moles of  HCl is required each for of Na2CO3 so that
 Moles of HCl required to react with Na2CO3 = 2* 0.00526   = 0.01052
And moles of HCl required for NaHCO3 will also 0.00526
Total number of HCl moles required = 0.01052 + 0.00525 = 0.01578 moles 
Molarity of HCl  = 0.1M   given in our problem
Molarity = number of moles of solute / volume of solution in liter
0.1  = 0.01578/ volume in liter  
Cross multiply now we get
0.1 * volume in liter  = 0.01578
Divide by 0.1 we get
Volume in liter  = 0.01578/0.1   = 0.1578 liter
Volume in ml = 0.01578 liter * 1000 ml / 1liter  = 157.8 ml 
 

13 comments:

  1. Why did u take mass of nahco3 as 1-x?

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    1. coz total mass is given 1 g....if one is x the other one will be 1-x

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    2. Bcoz the combined mass is given 1g so if one is xg then other will be 1-xg

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  3. 0.00526 is mole of na2co3 then how u use it as mole of hcl

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    1. Bcz it iz givn in qustn that contain equimolar amnt of both

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  4. But by seeing the question, how we come to know that the HCl reacts individually and the miles should be added. Also , in question the HCl is reacted with mixture of (Na2CO3 + NaHCO3) not individually accordingly to you... Answer my these questions

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  5. You find the volume of the solution but according to the question, we have to find volume of HCl , so it seems a little inaccurate.

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    1. Here the molarity is also of HCl and moles are also of HCl so the volume obtained will also be of HCl.

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  6. But here we use moles of hcl as solute while finding the volume .. So how thats mean we are finding the volume of soln instead of volume of hcl..
    Na2co3+NaHCo3+Hcl----->solution.

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