01:160:162 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Acid Strength, Equilibrium Constant, Ion

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Dissociation of an acid in water can be treated as an equilibrium process. For strong acids, equilibrium lies to the right towards products (h3o+ and a-) Ha (aq) + h2o (l) h3o+ (aq) + a- (aq) 1 mole of ha dissolved in 1 l h2o would lead to [h3o+] = [a-] = 1. 0 m. For weak acids, equilibrium lies to the left towards reactants (ha and h2o) Acid consists mostly of intact ha molecules. 1 mole of ha dissolved in 1 l h2o would lead to [h3o+] and [a-] much less than 1. 0 m. Not all weak acids dissociate to the same extent. How much weak acid dissociates can be quantified by the equilibrium constant for the reaction. This equilibrium constant has a very specific name and a very specific equilibrium expression: Remember: h2o (l) doesn"t show up in expression. For strong acids in water, the value of ka is so large that the concept of ka does not apply.

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