Why is it considered necessary to neutralize the industrial waste before allowing it to flow into the water bodies?
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Explanation:
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In this case, for the acid dissociation of formic acid (HCOOH) we have:
Whose equilibrium expression is:
That in terms of the reaction extent is:
Thus, solving for which is also equal to the concentration of hydrogen ions we obtain:
Then, as the pH is computed as:
The pH turns out:
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