A chemistry graduate student is given 450. mL of a 0.90 M nitrous acid (HNO₂) solution. Nitrous acid is a weak acid with K = 4.5 x 104. What mass of KNO₂ should the student dissolve in the HNO₂ solution to turn it into a buffer with pH = 3.48? You may assume that the volume of the solution doesn't change when the KNO, is dissolved in it. Be sure your answer has a unit symbol, and round it to 2 significant digits.

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A chemistry graduate student is given 450. mL of a 0.90 M nitrous acid (HNO₂) solution. Nitrous acid is a weak acid with K = 4.5 × 10
KNO₂ should the student dissolve in the HNO₂ solution to turn it into a buffer with pH = 3.48?
You may assume that the volume of the solution doesn't change when the KNO₂ is dissolved in it. Be sure your answer has a unit symbol, and round it to 2
significant digits.
0
x10
X
5 ?
Transcribed Image Text:A chemistry graduate student is given 450. mL of a 0.90 M nitrous acid (HNO₂) solution. Nitrous acid is a weak acid with K = 4.5 × 10 KNO₂ should the student dissolve in the HNO₂ solution to turn it into a buffer with pH = 3.48? You may assume that the volume of the solution doesn't change when the KNO₂ is dissolved in it. Be sure your answer has a unit symbol, and round it to 2 significant digits. 0 x10 X 5 ?
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