JCECE Medical JCECE Medical Solved Paper-2014

  • question_answer
    What will be the degree of ionisation of 0.05 M acetic acid if its \[\text{p}{{\text{K}}_{\text{a}}}\]value is 4.74?

    A)  0.019%           

    B)  1.9%

    C)  3.0%             

    D)  4.74%

    Correct Answer: B

    Solution :

     \[\underset{\begin{smallmatrix}  lnitial\,1 \\  \text{At}\,\text{equili}\,1-\alpha  \end{smallmatrix}}{\mathop{C{{H}_{3}}COOH}}\,\underset{\alpha }{\mathop{\underset{0}{\mathop{C{{H}_{3}}CO{{O}^{-}}}}\,}}\,+\underset{\alpha }{\mathop{\underset{0}{\mathop{{{H}^{+}}}}\,}}\,\] \[p{{K}_{a}}=-\log \,{{K}_{a}}=4.74\] \[\therefore \] \[{{K}_{a}}=\text{antilog(4}\text{.74)1}\text{.82}\times {{10}^{-5}}\] From    \[{{K}_{a}}=\frac{C{{\alpha }^{2}}}{(1-\alpha )}=C{{\alpha }^{2}}\] \[(1-\alpha \approx 1)\] \[\alpha =\sqrt{\frac{{{K}_{a}}}{C}}=\sqrt{\frac{1.82\times {{10}^{-5}}}{0.05}}\] \[=0.019.\]or \[1.9\,%\]


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