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In a 0.730 M solution, a weak acid is 12.5% dissociated. Calculate Ka of the acid.

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Answer:

Approximately $1.30 \times 10^{-2}$ , assuming that this acid is monoprotic.

Explanation:

Assume that this acid is monoprotic. Let $\rm HA$ denote this acid.

$\rm HA \rightleftharpoons H^{+} + A^{-}$ .

Initial concentration of $\rm HA$ without any dissociation:

$[{\rm HA}] = 0.730\; \rm mol \cdot L^{-1}$ .

After $12.5\%$ of that was dissociated, the concentration of both $\rm H^{+}$ and $\rm A^{-}$ (conjugate base of this acid) would become:

$12.5\% \times 0.730\; \rm mol \cdot L^{-1} = 0.09125\; \rm mol \cdot L^{-1}$ .

Concentration of $\rm HA$ in the solution after dissociation:

$(1 - 12.5\%) \times 0.730\; \rm mol \cdot L^{-1} = 0.63875\; \rm mol\cdot L^{-1}$ .

Let $[{\rm HA}]$ , $[{\rm H}^{+}]$ , and $[{\rm A}^{-}]$ denote the concentration (in $\rm mol \cdot L^{-1}$ or $\rm M$ ) of the corresponding species at equilibrium. Calculate the acid dissociation constant $K_{\rm a}$ for $\rm HA$ , under the assumption that this acid is monoprotic:

$\begin{aligned}K_{\rm a} &= \frac{[{\rm H}^{+}] \cdot [{\rm A}^{-}]}{[{\rm HA}]} \\ &= \frac{(0.09125\; \rm mol \cdot L^{-1}) \times (0.09125\; \rm mol \cdot L^{-1})}{0.63875\; \rm mol \cdot L^{-1}}\\[0.5em]&\approx 1.30 \times 10^{-2} \end{aligned}$ .