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if it requires milliliters of .045 molar barium hydroxide to neutralize 38.5 milliliters of nitric acid, solve for the molarity of the nitric acid solution. unbalanced equation: Ba(OH)2+HNO3->Ba(NO3)2+H2O

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1) It is missing the amount (mililiters) of the 0.045 molar barium hydroxide.



2) I will show you how to solve this using a generic value V, for this volumen. And, then I will calculate the requested molarity for some assumed values of V.



3) Start with stating the balanced chemical equation:



Ba(OH)₂ + 2HNO₃ → Ba(NO₃)₂ + 2H₂O



4) State the mole ratio between the two reactants:



1 mol Ba(OH)₂ : 2 mol HNO₃



5) Set the equations for the number of moles of both solutions



M = n / V ⇒ n = M × V



number of moles of baryum hidroxide: 0.045V



number of moles of nitric acid: 0.0385 M



6) As per the theoretical mole ratio, the neutralization implies number of moles of barium hydroxide equals 2 times the number of moles of nitric acid:



⇒ 0.045V = 2×0.0385×M



And, solve for M: M = 0.045V / 0.077 = 0.5844V



That is the fomula that you can use: M = 0.5844V.



7) Here some examples, for different values of the volume V.




Volum in ml V (in liters) M = 0.5844V


10 10/1000 0.0058


20 20/1000 0.012


30 30/1000 0.018


38.5 38.5 / 1000 0.023


77 77/1000 0.045

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