A chemistry graduate student is given 300. mL of a 1.20M nitrous acid (HNO2) solution. Nitrous acid is a weak acid with K-4.5 × 10 KNO, should the student dissolve in the HNO₂ solution to turn it into a buffer with pH = 3.38? What mass of 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. Π X

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A chemistry graduate student is given 300. mL of a 1.20M nitrous acid (HNO2) solution. Nitrous acid is a weak acid with K = 4.5 × 10. What mass of
KNO, should the student dissolve in the HNO₂ solution to turn it into a buffer with pH = 3.38?
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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Transcribed Image Text:Calculating the composition of a buffer of a given pH Main Menu 0/5 == A chemistry graduate student is given 300. mL of a 1.20M nitrous acid (HNO2) solution. Nitrous acid is a weak acid with K = 4.5 × 10. What mass of KNO, should the student dissolve in the HNO₂ solution to turn it into a buffer with pH = 3.38? 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. ☐ ☐ x10 D.P 5
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