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Polyprotic Acid pH's
« on: March 04, 2013, 12:35:20 AM »
Calculate the hydronium ion concentration in 50.0 mL of 0.10M NaH2AsO4.
a) 2.4 E-2
b) 1.6 E-3
c) 1.0 E-4
d) 2.5 E-5
It also gives Ka1, Ka2, and Ka3.

So basically the reactions I have are (A means AsO43-):

H3A  ::equil::  H2A- + H+     Ka1= 6.0 E-3
H2A- + H2::equil::  H3A + OH- Kb1 = 1.66 E-12

H2A-  ::equil::  H+ + HA2- Ka2 = 1.1 E-7
HA2- + H2::equil:: H2A- + OH- Kb2 = 9.09 E-8

HA2-  ::equil::  A3- + H+ Ka3 = 3.0 E-12
A3- + H2::equil::  HA2- + OH- Kb3 = 3.33 E-3

NaH2AsO4 (H2A-) comes up in more than 1 equation, so which one do I use to figure out the pH or [H+] ?

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