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chemistry
Category: Science > Chemistry Asked by: teatea-ga List Price: $2.00 |
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09 Jul 2003 17:15 PDT
Expires: 08 Aug 2003 17:15 PDT Question ID: 227176 |
Hydrocyanic acid has a Ka of 4.0 x 10-10. What is the percent of ionization of a 1.0 molar solution? a. 0.004% b. 0.0020% c. 0.0004% d. 0.02% |
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Re: chemistry
Answered By: wonko-ga on 09 Jul 2003 22:07 PDT Rated: |
For a weak acid, we know that: Ka=[H+][CN-]/[HCN]; Co=[HCN]+[CN-]; and [H+]=[CN-]. Chemical Principles, fourth edition, by Dickerson, Gray, Darensbourg and Darensbourg, The Benjamin/Cummings Publishing Company, Inc., 1984, page 179 Therefore, Ka=[H+]^2/(Co-[H+]) and [H+]^2+4.0 X 10^-10[H+]-4.0 X 10^-10=0. Using the quadratic equation, we find that [H+] = 2 X 10^-5 The percent of ionization is calculated by [H+]/Co X 100 = 0.002%. Therefore, the answer is B. Sincerely, Wonko |
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