JEE Advanced levelNumerical answerDifficulty 3 of 3ia142
20.0mL of a monoprotic weak acid HA of unknown concentration is titrated with a standard NaOH solution. The pH is 4.28 after 10.0mL of titrant and 4.76 after 20.0mL. Both points are in the buffer region (use Henderson's equation, pKa unknown). The volume of titrant needed to reach the equivalence point, to the nearest integer in mL, is
Numerical answer type, answer in mL, tolerance 1.
Answer: 40 mL
Let Ve be the equivalence volume. pH=pKa+log[V/(Ve−V)]. Subtracting: 4.76−4.28=0.48=log10(Ve−20)20(Ve−10), so 2(Ve−10)/(Ve−20)=3.020. Solving, Ve=39.6≈40mL.