Chemistry > pH Calculations, Polyprotic Acids
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pH Calculations, Polyprotic Acids

  • Use approximations (the 5% rule) in calculating pH in solutions of weak acids or bases

  • Conjugate bases of weak acids are weak bases and vice-versa

  • For conjugates KaKb = Kw

  • Do calculations of pH in solutions of conjugates like acetate and ammonium ions

  • For polyprotic acids successive Ka values get (much) smaller

  • Do calculations of pH in solutions of phosphoric acid, phosphate salts