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  2. Acidity function - Wikipedia

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    Rather, H 0 = −21 implies that the reactivity (protonating power) of the solvated hydrogen ions is 10 21 times greater than the reactivity of the hydrated hydrogen ions in an aqueous solution of pH 0. The actual reactive species are different in the two cases, but both can be considered to be sources of H +, i.e. Brønsted acids.

  3. pH - Wikipedia

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    In such cases, the system can be treated as a mixture of the acid or base and water, which is an amphoteric substance. By accounting for the self-ionization of water, the true pH of the solution can be calculated. For example, a 5×10 −8 M solution of HCl would have a pH of 6.89 when treated as a mixture of HCl and water. The self-ionization ...

  4. Acid dissociation constant - Wikipedia

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    In water, measurable pK a values range from about −2 for a strong acid to about 12 for a very weak acid (or strong base). A buffer solution of a desired pH can be prepared as a mixture of a weak acid and its conjugate base. In practice, the mixture can be created by dissolving the acid in water, and adding the requisite amount of strong acid ...

  5. Henderson–Hasselbalch equation - Wikipedia

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    A simple buffer solution consists of a solution of an acid and a salt of the conjugate base of the acid. For example, the acid may be acetic acid and the salt may be sodium acetate . The Henderson–Hasselbalch equation relates the pH of a solution containing a mixture of the two components to the acid dissociation constant , K a of the acid ...

  6. Weak base - Wikipedia

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    With pOH obtained from the pOH formula given above, the pH of the base can then be calculated from =, where pK w = 14.00. A weak base persists in chemical equilibrium in much the same way as a weak acid does, with a base dissociation constant (K b) indicating the strength of the base. For example, when ammonia is put in water, the following ...

  7. Properties of water - Wikipedia

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    Water is amphoteric: it has the ability to act as either an acid or a base in chemical reactions. [87] According to the Brønsted-Lowry definition, an acid is a proton (H +) donor and a base is a proton acceptor. [88] When reacting with a stronger acid, water acts as a base; when reacting with a stronger base, it acts as an acid. [88]

  8. Ion speciation - Wikipedia

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    Species concentrations calculated with the program HySS for a 10 mM solution of citric acid. pK a1 = 3.13, pK a2 = 4.76, pK a3 = 6.40. A weak acid may be defined as an acid with pK a greater than about −2. An acid with pK a = −2 would be 99 % dissociated at pH 0, that is, in a 1 M HCl solution. Any acid with a pK a less than about −2 is ...

  9. Acid–base reaction - Wikipedia

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    In chemistry, an acidbase reaction is a chemical reaction that occurs between an acid and a base.It can be used to determine pH via titration.Several theoretical frameworks provide alternative conceptions of the reaction mechanisms and their application in solving related problems; these are called the acidbase theories, for example, Brønsted–Lowry acidbase theory.