Question

Potassium hydrogen phthalate is a solid, monoprotic acid frequently used in the laboratory to standardize strong base solutions. It has the unwieldy formula of KHC8H4O4. This is often written in shorthand notation as KHP.

Required:
How many grams of KHP are needed to exactly neutralize 25.6 mL of a 0.527 M potassium hydroxide solution?

Answer 1

2.75 g

Step-by-step explanation:

The number of moles of KOH is obtained from the equation;

n=CV

C= concentration

V= volume of solution

n= 0.527 × 25.6/1000

n= 0.0135

Reaction equation;

KOH(aq) + KHC8H4O4(aq) --->(KC8H4O4)K(aq) + H2O(l)

1 mole of KHP reacts with 1 mole of KOH

Hence; 0.0135 moles of KHP reacts with 0.0135 moles of KOH

From;

Number of moles = reacting mass/molar mass

Reacting mass = 0.0135 × 204

= 2.75 g of KHP