Answer:
See explanation below
Explanation:
There are several ways to know if an acid or base is strong. One method is calculating the pH. If the pH is really low, is a strong acid, and if it's really high is a strong base.
However we do not have a pH value here.
The other method is using bronsted - lowry theory. If an acid is strong, then his conjugate base is weak. Same thing with the bases.
Now, Looking at the 4 compounds, we can say that only two of them is weak and the other two are strong compounds. Let's see:
LiOH ---> Strong. If you try to dissociate :
LiOH ------> Li⁺ + OH⁻ The Li⁺ is a weak conjugate acid.
HF -----> Weak
HF --------> H⁺ + F⁻ The Fluorine is a relatively strong conjugate base.
HCl -----> Strong
This is actually one of the strongest acid.
NH₃ ------> Weak
Now writting the Ka and Kb expressions:
Ka = [H⁺] [F⁻] / [HF]
Kb = [NH₄⁺] [OH⁻] / [NH₃]
Finally, to calculate the [OH⁻] we need to use the following expression:
Kw = [H⁻] [OH⁻]
Solving for [OH⁻] we have:
[OH⁻] = Kw / [H⁺]
Remember that the value of Kw is 1x10⁻¹⁴. So replacing:
[OH⁻] = 1x10⁻¹⁴ / 7x10⁻⁶
[OH⁻] = 1.43x10⁻⁹ M
And now, multiplying by 10¹⁰ we have:
[OH⁻] = 1.429x10⁻⁹ * 1x10¹⁰
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[OH⁻] = 14.29 </h2>
Hope this helps
