Purpose of Acidity and Basicity Constants

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Ethan_Kato_1D
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Purpose of Acidity and Basicity Constants

Postby Ethan_Kato_1D » Sun Nov 27, 2016 11:44 am

Besides being a mere convenience, what are the purposes of pKa and pKb. What do they show or mean?

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Re: Purpose of Acidity and Basicity Constants

Postby Elan Karlin Dis3H » Sun Nov 27, 2016 12:18 pm

The purpose, as Dr. Lavelle mentioned, is to make the numbers easier to deal with and thus is merely a convenience.


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