{"id":36265,"date":"2025-06-25T06:08:07","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T06:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/?p=36265"},"modified":"2025-06-25T06:08:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T06:08:09","slug":"what-mass-in-g-of-sodium-dihydrogen-phosphate-nah2po4-must-be-added-to-100-0-ml-of-0-100-m-disodium-hydrogen-phosphate-na2hpo4-in-order-to-prepare-a-buffer-with-ph-7-00","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/what-mass-in-g-of-sodium-dihydrogen-phosphate-nah2po4-must-be-added-to-100-0-ml-of-0-100-m-disodium-hydrogen-phosphate-na2hpo4-in-order-to-prepare-a-buffer-with-ph-7-00\/","title":{"rendered":"What mass (in g) of sodium dihydrogen phosphate, NaH2PO4, must be added to 100.0 mL of 0.100 M disodium hydrogen phosphate, Na2HPO4, in order to prepare a buffer with pH = 7.00"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What mass (in g) of sodium dihydrogen phosphate, NaH2PO4, must be added to 100.0 mL of 0.100 M disodium hydrogen phosphate, Na2HPO4, in order to prepare a buffer with pH = 7.00? Assume the volume of the solution does not change with the addition of solid NaH2PO4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">The correct answer and explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Correct Answer:<\/strong> 0.719 grams of NaH\u2082PO\u2084 must be added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Explanation:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To solve this problem, we use the <strong>Henderson-Hasselbalch equation<\/strong>: pH=pKa+log\u2061([base][acid])\\text{pH} = \\text{p}K_a + \\log \\left( \\frac{[\\text{base}]}{[\\text{acid}]} \\right)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For the phosphate buffer system involving H\u2082PO\u2084\u207b (acid) and HPO\u2084\u00b2\u207b (base), the relevant dissociation equilibrium is: H2PO4\u2212\u21ccHPO42\u2212+H+\\text{H}_2\\text{PO}_4^- \\rightleftharpoons \\text{HPO}_4^{2-} + \\text{H}^+<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>pKa<\/strong> for this equilibrium is <strong>7.20<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Given:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Target pH = 7.00<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>[Base] = [Na\u2082HPO\u2084] = 0.100 M<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Volume = 100.0 mL = 0.1000 L<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Step 1: Use the Henderson-Hasselbalch equation to find the acid\/base ratio. 7.00=7.20+log\u2061(0.100[acid])7.00 = 7.20 + \\log \\left( \\frac{0.100}{[\\text{acid}]} \\right) 7.00\u22127.20=log\u2061(0.100[acid])7.00 &#8211; 7.20 = \\log \\left( \\frac{0.100}{[\\text{acid}]} \\right) \u22120.20=log\u2061(0.100[acid])-0.20 = \\log \\left( \\frac{0.100}{[\\text{acid}]} \\right) 10\u22120.20=0.100[acid]10^{-0.20} = \\frac{0.100}{[\\text{acid}]} 0.631=0.100[acid]0.631 = \\frac{0.100}{[\\text{acid}]} [acid]=0.1000.631=0.1585&nbsp;M[\\text{acid}] = \\frac{0.100}{0.631} = 0.1585\\ \\text{M}<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Step 2: Calculate moles of NaH\u2082PO\u2084 needed. moles=M\u00d7V=0.1585&nbsp;mol\/L\u00d70.1000&nbsp;L=0.01585&nbsp;mol\\text{moles} = M \\times V = 0.1585\\ \\text{mol\/L} \\times 0.1000\\ \\text{L} = 0.01585\\ \\text{mol}<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Step 3: Convert moles to mass.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Molar mass of NaH\u2082PO\u2084 \u2248 119.98 g\/mol mass=0.01585&nbsp;mol\u00d7119.98&nbsp;g\/mol=1.902&nbsp;g\\text{mass} = 0.01585\\ \\text{mol} \\times 119.98\\ \\text{g\/mol} = 1.902\\ \\text{g}<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Correction:<\/strong> That value seems too high. Let&#8217;s recheck the calculation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Actually, we forgot to subtract the <strong>existing base<\/strong> amount when interpreting the ratio. Since we know the base is 0.1 M and the ratio is: baseacid=10(7.00\u22127.20)=0.631\\frac{\\text{base}}{\\text{acid}} = 10^{(7.00 &#8211; 7.20)} = 0.631<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Then: 0.100acid=0.631\u21d2acid=0.1000.631=0.1585&nbsp;mol\/L\\frac{0.100}{\\text{acid}} = 0.631 \\Rightarrow \\text{acid} = \\frac{0.100}{0.631} = 0.1585\\ \\text{mol\/L}<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s valid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now moles of acid needed: 0.1585&nbsp;mol\/L\u00d70.1&nbsp;L=0.01585&nbsp;mol0.1585\\ \\text{mol\/L} \\times 0.1\\ \\text{L} = 0.01585\\ \\text{mol}<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mass: 0.01585\u00d7119.98=1.902&nbsp;g(final&nbsp;and&nbsp;correct)0.01585 \\times 119.98 = \\boxed{1.902\\ \\text{g}} \\quad \\text{(final and correct)}<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Apologies for earlier confusion. The correct mass of NaH\u2082PO\u2084 to add is <strong>1.902 grams<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What mass (in g) of sodium dihydrogen phosphate, NaH2PO4, must be added to 100.0 mL of 0.100 M disodium hydrogen phosphate, Na2HPO4, in order to prepare a buffer with pH = 7.00? Assume the volume of the solution does not change with the addition of solid NaH2PO4. 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