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Offline mangmang

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Trouble understanding kA's impact on concentrations
« on: May 02, 2015, 11:53:49 PM »
So if I'm given an extremely small kA for a weak acid hydrolysis equation, I would assume that this reaction favors the reactants. Does that mean the concentration of the weak acid will be higher than the concentration of its conjugate base?
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Re: Trouble understanding kA's impact on concentrations
« Reply #1 on: May 03, 2015, 08:05:05 AM »
The concentration is the sum of all. You have  maybe 1 mol Acetic acid and this dissociate into acetate and hydronium partially. The equilibrium ist given by kA.
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