Weak Acids/bases and percent protonation/deprotonation
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Weak Acids/bases and percent protonation/deprotonation
Hi ya'll! For weak acids and bases, I know they don't completely disassociate so they won't donate H or accept all the protons they can. Is the percent protonation/deprotonation the true concentrations for the weak acids and bases at equilibrium?
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Re: Weak Acids/bases and percent protonation/deprotonation
The percent protonation is the concentration of the conjugate base at equilibrium over the the initial concentration of the weak acid (percent deprotonation is the same thing except the equilibrium concentration of the conjugate acid over the initial concentration of the weak base).
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Re: Weak Acids/bases and percent protonation/deprotonation
Anthony Tam wrote:The percent protonation is the concentration of the conjugate base at equilibrium over the the initial concentration of the weak acid (percent deprotonation is the same thing except the equilibrium concentration of the conjugate acid over the initial concentration of the weak base).
Ok so percent protonation has no related to the equilibrium concentration of weak acids (and the same to weak bases?)
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Re: Weak Acids/bases and percent protonation/deprotonation
Is protonation/deprotonation determined in the same manner as percent ionization? It's just clarifying between acids (protonation) and bases (deprotonation), right?
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Re: Weak Acids/bases and percent protonation/deprotonation
Narhayne Nacana 3B wrote:Ok so percent protonation has no related to the equilibrium concentration of weak acids (and the same to weak bases?)
You'd still generally use the equilibrium constant to find the concentration of BH+ or A- before putting it over the initial reactant concentration. There's no real direct mathematical relationship between the two though.
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