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Offline FouRRaW

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Weak Acid
« on: April 16, 2007, 11:39:36 PM »
Just by looking at a list of acids, is there a way to figure out which is the weakest acid?
ex.
CH3COOH     
H3PO4
HCN
H2CO3

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Re: Weak Acid
« Reply #1 on: April 17, 2007, 02:57:15 AM »
In this case you just have to know their Ka.
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