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Calculate pH of a mixture of a strong base and acid. Knowing only the pH, wt/v%, and volume of both solution. [closed]

Title explains all. I have been stuck on this for an hour and for some reason cannot understand it. I have tried to do an ICE table but get stuck halfway as I do not know whether I would use the w/v ...
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Should bromine water be called a solution?

Bromine water is a reagent which is used to test for unsaturation in organic compound. It is $2.8~\%$ bromine in water. In many places, it is refer to as bromine solution. But it is observed that ...
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Why is the maximal percent concentration of acids similar to their molar mass

Why is the usual percent concentration of a concentrated acid's solution similar to its molar mass? For example: ...
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Are all solutions of weak acid/bases buffers?

I am having a difficult time understanding what makes a buffer a buffer. Buffers in my textbook are defined as a solution of a weak acid or base and their conjugate acid/base. So if I were to just ...
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Why does the degree of dissociation change when we dilute a weak acid even though the equilibrium constant is constant?

$K$ represents the ratio of concentrations of molecules in a solution at equilibrium, which means that $Q_\mathrm{r}$ (that ratio at any given point) looks to be identical to $K$. In other words, the ...
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Why doesn't a buffer solution change ph(Appreciably?)

Consider a buffer solution containing weak acid $\ce{CH3COOH}$ and its salt $\ce{CH3COONa}$: \begin{align} \ce{CH3COOH &<=> CH3COO- + H+} \tag{1}\\ \ce{CH3COONa &-> CH3COO- + Na+} \...
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Finding new pH after NaOH added to buffer solution

I have a buffer containing 0.2 M of the acid $\ce{HA}$, and 0.15 M of its conjugate base $\ce{A-}$, with a pH of 3.35. I need to find the pH after 0.0015 mol of $\ce{NaOH}$ is added to 0.5 L of the ...
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acids, bases, salts, etc

All the chemical compounds can be categorized as acids, bases, and neutral compounds. There are different theories, namely Arrhenius Theory, Brønsted-Lowry Theory, Lewis Theory, which define the acids ...
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