Problem Set_Weak Acids and Polyprotic Acids_Due on Sept 26, 2014, Friday

Use the steps involved in Systematic Treatment of Equilibria to get better approximation
of concentrations of [H
+
] and other species when necessary (i.e., low solution
concentrations and multiple equlibria are involved).
1. For this problem:
Calculate the pH and fraction of dissociation of barbituric acid with Ka= 9.8 x 10
-5
A) at 0.0100 M barbituric acid
B) At 1.0 x 10
-10
M barbituric acid
2. What is the pH of a 0.1 M solution of acetic acid with Ka=1.8 x 10
-5.
. Consider
equilibrium of water.