Conjugate base of H2SO4

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Grace Chen 3F
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Conjugate base of H2SO4

Postby Grace Chen 3F » Sat Dec 04, 2021 1:15 am

If we were asked about the conjugate base of H2SO4, should we write HSO4- or SO4 2-?
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Kavya Anand 2B
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Re: Conjugate base of H2SO4

Postby Kavya Anand 2B » Sat Dec 04, 2021 1:24 am

It would be HSO4-, as you only remove one proton!
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Tammy Shen 2L
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Re: Conjugate base of H2SO4

Postby Tammy Shen 2L » Sat Dec 04, 2021 1:26 pm

To find the conjugate base, you take away an H+ so it would be HSO4-. It wouldn't be 2- since you take away a positive charge.
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daniellediem1k
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Re: Conjugate base of H2SO4

Postby daniellediem1k » Sat Dec 04, 2021 1:29 pm

When you take away the one proton you would get HSO4-
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Emily Wan 1l
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Re: Conjugate base of H2SO4

Postby Emily Wan 1l » Sun Dec 05, 2021 9:34 pm

It would be HSO4- because an acid donates one proton at a time to form a conjugate base
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Omar Alami 3H
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Re: Conjugate base of H2SO4

Postby Omar Alami 3H » Sun Dec 05, 2021 10:47 pm

Hi,

The way we would be able to identify a conjugate base is if it has only one proton was removed from it in the acidic form. So, by using that definition the conjugate base of the H2SO4 acid would be HSO4-.
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