2 - PH and pOH Calculations Practice
2 - PH and pOH Calculations Practice
2 - PH and pOH Calculations Practice
1. What is the pH of the following solutions given their hydronium ion concentrations? Which would be considered
acidic?
a. [H3O+(aq)] = 5.32 × 10–7 mol/L
2. What is the pOH of the following solutions given their hydroxide ion concentrations? Which of the solutions would
be considered acidic?
a. [OH-(aq)] = 4.67 × 10–3 mol/L
3. What is the concentration of hydronium ions in the following solutions given their pH values? Acidic or basic?
a. pH = 2.34
b. pH = 15.6
c. pH = 1.892
4. What is the concentration of hydroxide ions in the following solutions given their pOH values? Acidic or basic?
a. pOH = 2.34
b. pOH = 15.6
c. pOH = 1.892
5. If given the pH of the following solution, give the pOH, or vice versa:
a. pH = 12.3
b. pOH = 5.5
c. pOH = 2.95
6. Fill in the following chart and answer a-e. a. Notice in the chart that the concentration of H3O+(aq) is
[H3O+(aq)] (mol/L) pH continually decreasing. What do you notice about the pH
1.37 × 10–2 values?
3.45 × 10–11 e. Find a spot on the table when the pH increases by exactly 2
pH units. What do you notice about the change in
5.33 × 10–12
concentration of hydronium ions at these points?
7. What is the pOH of a 3.2 mol/L solution of lithium hydroxide, LiOH(aq)?
9. What is the pOH of a solution made by dissolving 4.95 g of potassium hydroxide, KOH(aq), in 4.50 L of water?
10. What is the pH of a solution made by dissolving 3.62 g of pure hydrogen perchlorate, HClO 4(aq) (strong acid), in 2.0 L
of water?
11. What is the pH of a solution made by dissolving 2.357 g of pure hydrobromic acid, HBr(aq), in 50.0 L of water?
12. What is the concentration of NaOH(aq) that gives a solution with a pH of 10.32?
13. What mass of hydrogen chloride gas needs to be dissolved in 2.00L of water to create a solution with a pH of 3.298?
14. What mass of strontium hydroxide needs to be dissolved in 3.0L of water to create a solution with a pH of 8.34?
15. An acidic solution has a pH of 4. If I dilute 10mL of this solution to a final volume of 1000mL, what is the pH of the
resulting solution? What is the pOH?