Sulfuric acid,
The hydrogen sulfate ion, in turn, can dissociate again:
The equilibrium constants for these reactions, in aqueous solutions at 29 K, are approximately
(a) Argue that the first reaction tends so strongly to the right that we might as well consider it to have gone to completion, in any solution that could possibly be considered dilute. At what pH values would a significant fraction of the sulfuric acid not be dissociated?
(b) In industrialized regions where lots of coal is burned, the concentration of sulfate in rainwater is typically
(c) Explain why you can neglect dissociation of water into
(d) At what pH would dissolved sulfate be equally distributed between
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