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Acid-Base Strength

→ - + [H+][CN-]
HCN +H2O ← CN + H3O Ka = [HCN]
HCN → +
← H + CN
-

- → - [HCN][OH-]
CN + H2O ← HCN + OH Kb = [CN-]

→ + - [H+][A-]
HA ← H +A Ka = [HA]

[HA][OH-]
A- + H2O →
← HA + OH
-
Kb =
[A-]
[H+][A-] [HA][OH-]
Ka Kb = [HA] = [H+][OH-] = Kw
[A-]

acid Ka Conjugate Kb
base
HClO4 HClO4+H2O → ClO4-+H3O+ ClO4-
H2SO4 HSO4-
HCl ~105 Cl-
HNO3 ~24 NO3-
H3O+ 1 (H3O++H2O → +
← H2O+H3O ) H2O 1x10-14
HSO4- 1.0x10-2 SO42- 1.0x10-12
H3PO4 7.1x10-3 H2PO4- 1.4x10-12
HOAc 1.8x10-5 OAc- 5.6x10-10
HCN 6.2x10-10 CN- 1.6x10-5
NH4+ 5.7x10-10 NH3 1.8x10-5
HPO42- 7.1x10-13 PO43- 0.014
H2O 1x10-14 OH- 1 (OH-+H2O → -
← H2O+OH )
NH3 NH2- NH2-+H2O → ← NH3+OH
-

OH- O2- O2-+H2O → -


← OH +OH
-

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