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Monoprotic acid of concentration C

1. Strong acid assume K a =1000


2. K a / C0.01 ? Yes 5, No 3
3. K a / C20 ? Yes 4, No 6
4. pH =logC 7
5. pH =log C K a 7
K a K a 4CK a 7
6. pH =log
2
7. pH 6.30 ? Yes End, No 8
8. K a /C20 ? Yes 9, No 10

Monoprotic base of concentration C


1. Strong base assume K b=1000
2. K b /C0.01 ? Yes 5, No 3
3. K b /C20 ? Yes 4, No 6
4. pH =14logC 7
5. pH =14log C K b 7
K b K b 4CK b 7
6. pH =14 log
2
7. pH 7.70 ? Yes End, No 8
8. K b /C20 ? Yes 9, No 10

C C 2 4Kw
End
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8
10. C10 ? Yes 11, No use BATE
11. pH =7.00 End

C C 2 4Kw
End
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8
10. C10 ? Yes 11, No use BATE
11. pH =7.00 End

Weak monoprotic acid salt


of concentration C

Weak monoprotic base salt


of concentration C

9. pH =log

1. pK b =14 pK a
2. Continue as for monoprotic base.

9. pH =14log

1. pK a =14 pK b
2. Continue as for monoprotic acid.
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pH & pOH definition

pH =log [ H ]

pOH =log [ OH ]
water ionization constant

14
K w=[OH ][ H ]=10
pH pOH =pK w=14
acid dissociation constant
[ H ] [ A ]
K a=
HA H A
[ HA]
base dissociation constant
[ OH ] [B ]
K b=
[ BOH ]
pK a pK b =14

BOH B OH

Dissociation percentage

f p=[ A ]/ C
Henderson-Hasselbalch equation
[A ]
pH = pK a log

[ HA ]
[ B ]
pOH = pK b log

[ BOH ]

Strong acids
HCl, HBr, HI, HClO4,
H2SO4 (first proton only), HNO3
Strong bases
KOH, NaOH, RbOH, CsOH
Weak acids/bases
pKax
acetic C2H4O2 4.75
H2SO4
HF
3.45
H2CO3
6.37 oxalic C2O4H2
10.25
citric C6H8O7 3.13
4.76
6.40
NH4OH
H3PO4
2.15 aniline C6H7N
7.20
12.35

pKax
-3
1.99
1.25
4.27
pKb
9.25
9.4

BATE pH calculator
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calculation of pH of solutions containing
mixtures of strong/weak acid/bases up to
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