Question

at a particulat temperature, a smaple of pure water has a Kw of 7.7x10-14. what is the hydroxide concentration of this sample

Answer 1

Answer: The hydroxide concentration of this sample is $3.85\times 10^{-7}$

Explanation:

When an expression is formed by taking the product of concentration of ions raised to the power of their stoichiometric coefficients in the solution of a salt is known as ionic product.

The ionic product for water is written as:

$K_w=[H^+]\times [OH^-]$

$7.7\times 10^{-14}=[H^+]\times [OH^-]$

As $[H^+]=[OH^-]$

$2[OH^-]=7.7\times 10^{-14}$

$[OH^-]=3.85\times 10^{-7}$

Thus hydroxide concentration of this sample is $3.85\times 10^{-7}$