## finding molarity

Kaylee Clarke 1G
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### finding molarity

how do you find the molarity of an acid or base? is molarity what is used to find the pH, and resulting pOH?

Caitlyn Tran 2E
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### Re: finding molarity

Molarity of an acid and base is the same as molarity of any solution, which we learned about in the beginning of the quarter. It is simply the number of moles of solute divided by the total volume of the solution. However, for acids and bases specifically, we need to know how normal molarity relates to the molarity of hydronium and hydroxide ions. Strong acids and bases completely dissociate in solution, so their concentration is equal to the concentration of hydronium ions (for acids) or hydroxide ions (for bases) assuming that there is one mole of hydronium/hydroxide ions per mole of solute. The concentration of hydronium ions is used to calculate pH while the hydroxide ion concentration is used to calculate pOH. If you know one, you can always calculate the other by subtracting the value you have from 14. Hope this helps!

Audrie Chan-3B
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### Re: finding molarity

Finding molarity for an acid or base is the same way as finding the molarity in the fundamentals chapter (Molarity = moles/ volume (L)). You can also find molarity through pH. By taking the inverse log when the pH or pOH is known, you can find the respective acid or base molarity.

Kaylee Clarke 1G
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### Re: finding molarity

Caitlyn Tran 1G wrote:Molarity of an acid and base is the same as molarity of any solution, which we learned about in the beginning of the quarter. It is simply the number of moles of solute divided by the total volume of the solution. However, for acids and bases specifically, we need to know how normal molarity relates to the molarity of hydronium and hydroxide ions. Strong acids and bases completely dissociate in solution, so their concentration is equal to the concentration of hydronium ions (for acids) or hydroxide ions (for bases) assuming that there is one mole of hydronium/hydroxide ions per mole of solute. The concentration of hydronium ions is used to calculate pH while the hydroxide ion concentration is used to calculate pOH. If you know one, you can always calculate the other by subtracting the value you have from 14. Hope this helps!

thank you so much!!!