A weak monobasic acid is $10 \%$ dissociated in $0.05 \mathrm{M}$ solution. What is its percentage…

A weak monobasic acid is $10 \%$ dissociated in $0.05 \mathrm{M}$ solution. What is its percentage dissociation in $0.10 \mathrm{M}$ solution?
  1. $5.27 \%$
  2. $7.17 \%$
  3. $10.3 \%$
  4. $4.5 \%$

Solution

Weak monobasic acid (HA) $\begin{aligned} & \underset{\mathrm{C}}{\mathrm{HA}_{(\mathrm{aq})}} \rightleftharpoons \mathrm{H}_{\mathrm{aq}}^{+}+\mathrm{A}_{\mathrm{aq}}^{-} \\ & \text {C-C } \quad \mathrm{C} \propto \quad \mathrm{C} \propto \\ & \mathrm{Ka}=\frac{\mathrm{C} \propto^2}{1-\propto} \\ & 1-\propto \simeq 1 \\ & \left(\begin{array}{l} \mathrm{C}_1=0.05, \propto=10 \%=0.1 \\ \mathrm{C}_2=0.1, \propto_2=? \end{array}\right. \\ & \mathrm{K}_{\mathrm{a}}=\mathrm{C}^2 \\ & \mathrm{C}_1 \propto_1^2=\mathrm{C}_2 \propto \boldsymbol{c}_2^2 \\ & 0.05 \times 0.1 \times 0.1=0.1 \times \propto_2^2 \\ & \alpha_2^2=5 \times 10^{-3} \\ & =\frac{5}{1000}=\frac{1}{200} \\ & \propto_2=\sqrt{\frac{1}{200}}=0.717 \\ & \propto_2=7.17 \% \\ & \end{aligned}$

Asked in: MHT CET 2021 (22 Sep Shift 2)

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