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pKa

isaspynow isaspynow
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12 years ago
A certain organic acid has a Ka of 1.58x10^-2. What is its pka?
Source  Organic Chem Carey 8th ed- McGraw Hill Connect Chemistry online hw
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12 years ago
The pKa is equal to the negative logarithm to the base 10 of Ka
So you got pKa = -log[10](1.58*10^-2)
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12 years ago
Thanks!
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