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Weight of sodium acetate required to get to certain pH

How many grams of $\ce{CH3COONa}$ we need to dissolve in $\pu{2.50 L}$ of water to get a solution with $\mathrm{pH} = 9.00$? Given $K_\mathrm{a}(\ce{CH3COOH}) = 1.75\cdot 10^{-5}$ Like solving a ...
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Mixing Ca(OH)2 with Ca(NO3)2

Mixing $\ce{Ca(OH)_2}$ with $\pu{0.1 M}$ concentration of $\ce{Ca(NO3)2}$. What will actually happen in the process? What I will see with my eyes? I know that $\ce{Ca^2+}$ cation with concentration ...
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Why doesn't hydroxide concentration equal concentration of carbonic acid and bicarbonate in a sodium bicarbonate solution?

To find the pOH of solution of $\pu{0.42 M}$ of $\ce{NaHCO3}$, given a $\ce{Kb}$ of $\pu{2.4E-8}$, my solution manual does the following steps: Reaction is similar to : $\ce{HCO3- + H2O <=> ...
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Can acid concentration be determined from Ka values in a titration? [duplicate]

Say I have a sample of vinegar and I want to find the concentration of ethanoic acid in it. So I perform a titration using a $\mathrm{pH}$ meter, and using that data I can draw a $\mathrm{pH}$ curve ...
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