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How do you calculate the pH of a base only know the Kb and the molarity?


JohnDoeXXII

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  • 2 weeks later...

The Henderson-Hasselbalch equation is for buffers, which this is not.

 

What you need to do is construct an ICE table. Do you know how to do that? if you do, you should also know that the numbers (containing the algebraic "x") at the bottom row, can be arranged to give you an expression for Kb, which you already know. then you can solve that equation for "x", and get a value for the concentration of OH, from which you can calculate the pOH, from which you can get the pH.

 

If you need any help with any of these stages, let me know what's missing and i'll see if I can assist you further

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i dont reccomend the use of your calculator's built-in function until you're outside of exam situations. it's all very well to press a button and get an answer from the calculator, but you won't get full marks if you didn't include the workings in an exam.

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