The statement "Although sulfuric acid is a strong electrolyte, an aqueous solution of H₂SO₄ contains more HSO₄⁻ ions than SO₄²⁻ ions is <u>True.</u> This is best explained by the fact that H₂SO₄ <u>is a diprotic acid where only the first hydrogen completely ionizes.</u>
Why?
H₂SO₄ is a diprotic acid. That means that it has <u>two hydrogen ions</u> to give to the solution. The two dissociation reactions are shown below:
H₂SO₄ + H₂O → HSO₄⁻ + H₃O⁺
HSO₄⁻ + H₂O ⇄ SO₄²⁻ + H₃O⁺
As the arrows show, the first dissociation is complete, meaning that all the sulfuric acid that is present initially is dissociated into HSO₄⁻ and H₃O⁺. However, the second dissociation is incomplete, and it's actually an equilibrium with an acid constant (Ka)of 1.2×10⁻².
That means that if the initial concentration of H₂SO₄ was 1M, the concentration of HSO₄⁻ is going to be 1M as well, but <u>the concentration of SO₄²⁻ is going to be much less than 1M</u>, according to the dissociation constant.
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She puts the lid on the bucket. Which of the following describes the energy transfer between the water and the can of soda in the bucket? Thermal energy is transferred from the can of soda to the water so the can of soda gets cooler and the water stays the same temperature
Explanation:
Answer:
-1104 kJ/mol
Explanation:
The change in the enthalpy of a reaction is equal to the difference between: the sum of the enthalpy changes of the bonds broken and the sum of the enthalpy changes of the bonds formed.
The bonds broken correspond to the cleavage of bonds of the reactants, the bonds formed correspond to the bonds of the products:
- we only break oxygen O=O bond, since carbon is not bonded to anything;
- we form two C=O bonds in carbon dioxide.
Therefore, the enthalpy change is calculated by:
