A student prepares a aqueous solution of acetic acid . Calculate the fraction of acetic acid that is in the dissociated form in his solution. Express your answer as a percentage. You will probably find some useful data in the ALEKS Data resource.

10.71%

Explanation:

The dissociation of acetic acid can be well expressed as follow:

CH₃COOH ⇄   CH₃COO⁻  + H⁺

Let assume that the prepared amount of the aqueous solution is 14mM since it is not given:

Then:

The I.C.E Table is expressed as follows:

                     CH₃COOH       ⇄   CH₃COO⁻        +           H⁺  

Initial              0.0014                       0                                0

Change            - x                           +x                               +x

Equilibrium   (0.0014 - x)                 x                                 x

Recall that:

Ka for acetic acid CH₃COOH  = 1.8×10⁻⁵

∴

By rearrangement:

Multiplying through  by (-) and solving the quadratic equation:

x = 0.00015 or x = -0.000168

We will only consider the positive value;

so x=[CH₃COO⁻] = [H⁺] = 0.00015

CH₃COOH = (0.0014 - 0.00015) = 0.00125

However, the percentage fraction of the dissociated acetic acid is:

= 10.71%

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