Question

In an experiment, you added a base, NaOH, one mL at a time to 50 mL acetate buffer and recorded the pH. For the first 6 mL NaOH the pH increased from 4.5 to 4.9. At the 7th mL the pH was 6.6 and by the 8th mL the pH was 10.7. Knowing what you do about titrating acetate buffer with acid, is this experimental result what you expected or is it not expected

Answer 1

yes the experimental result is the expected result .

Step-by-step explanation:

When Titrating acetate buffer with acid the PH will decrease gradually from a more neutral PH to a more acidic level and this is because buffer solutions are prepared with weak acids and its conjugate base.

The results gotten from the continuous addition of base NaOH to the acetate buffer is the expected result because the base is been absorbed by the buffer solution and it is converted to a conjugate base of the buffer solution which will gradually increase the PH level of the solution as more conjugate base is formed due to the addition of more NaOH.