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What is the pH of a 0.1 M solution of acetic acid (CH3COOH) and its corresponding acetate ion (CH3COO-) when the dissociation constant (Ka) of acetic acid is 1.8 x 10^-5 at 25°C?

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To solve this problem, we can use the Henderson-Hasselbalch equation, which relates the pH of a solution to the pKa and the ratio of the concentrations of the conjugate base  A-  and the weak acid  HA :pH = pKa + log  [A-]/[HA] First, we need to find the pKa of acetic acid. The pKa is the negative logarithm of the Ka:pKa = -log Ka  = -log 1.8 x 10^-5   4.74Now, we have a 0.1 M solution of both acetic acid  HA  and its corresponding acetate ion  A- . Since the concentrations of the acid and its conjugate base are equal, the ratio [A-]/[HA] is 1:[A-]/[HA] = [CH3COO-]/[CH3COOH] = 0.1 M / 0.1 M = 1Now we can plug these values into the Henderson-Hasselbalch equation:pH = pKa + log  [A-]/[HA]  = 4.74 + log 1  = 4.74 + 0 = 4.74Therefore, the pH of the 0.1 M solution of acetic acid and its corresponding acetate ion is 4.74.
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