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Thinker Question: Pellet Problems

A student adds 0.600 grams of the unknown pellets (LiOH, NaOH, or KOH) to some distilled water. Once the pellets dissolve, the student adds enough distilled water to obtain a total volume of 85 mL. The pH is measured to be 13.09 What was the identity of the pellets? Show your work.​

Answer 1

A student adds 85.0 mL of 0.600 M NaOH to 85.0 mL of 0.600 M HCl. The initial temperature of both solutions is 21.35°C. Assuming that the reaction goes to …