You combine 0.75 moles formate and 0.85 moles formic acid to make a buffer solution. The Ka of formic acid is 1.8x10-4 what is the pH of the solution

pH = 3.68

Explanation:

We can solve this problem by using Henderson-Hasselbach's equation:

Assuming we have 1 L of the buffer solution then the molar concentrations of formate and formic acid would be:

We now have all required data to calculate the pH:

explanation:

metals have excess of electrons whereas non-metals have deficiency of electrons. thus, in order to gain stability metals easily donate their electrons to the non-metals.

for example, electronic configuration of sodium is and electronic configuration of phosphorous is .

when a phosphorous atom and sodium atom combine together then sodium will donate is extra one electron to the phosphorous atom. as a result there will be formation of ionic bond between sodium and phosphorous.

the reaction will be as follows.

there, are three sodium sodium atoms and each of them will donate its one extra electron to phosphorous atom. thus, the sub-shell of phosphorous gets completely filled.  

thus, we can conclude that electrons are transferred from atoms of sodium to atoms of phosphorous. this transfer makes the sodium atoms donate one electron and the phosphorous atoms to gain one electron. as a result, the sodium and phosphorus atoms strongly attract each other.

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