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A certain acid-base indicator exists in three colored forms:

The units of molar absorptivity, ε, are M-1 cm-1. A solution containing 10.0 mL of 5.00 × 10-4 M indicator was mixed with 90.0 mL of 0.1 M phosphate buffer (pH 7.50). Calculate the absorbance of this solution at 435 nm in a 1.00-cm cell.

Short Answer

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The absorbance of the solution will be 0.815

Step by step solution

01

Information given

Volume of phosphate buffer=90mL

Volume of the solution containing indicator= 10mL

Concentration of the indicator=5.00 ×10-4 M

Concentration of phosphate buffer= 0.1 M

pH=7.5

Wavelength =435 nm

02

Determine the concentration of In2-

At pH 7.5 , presence of H2In in solution is negligible. As it can be seen from the given reaction that pK1=1.00, therefore we can write

HIn−+In2−=5.00×10−5pH=pK2+logIn2−HIn−7.5=7.95+logIn2−5.00×10−5−In2−In2−=1.31×10−5M

HIn−=5.00×10−5−In2−=3.69×10−5M

03

Determine the absorbance

Let the absorbance can be denoted by the symbol A

Aλ=εCLCI= concentration of the â¶Ä‰substanceL= Length of the cell

Therefore, we can write

A435=ε435CHIn−1.00+ε435CIn2−1.00=ε435HIn−1.00+ε435In2−1.00=1.80×104×3.69×10−5×1.00+1.15×104×1.31×10−5×1.00=0.815

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