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Arsenic acid (H3AsO4) is triprotic, with Ka1=5.5 x 10-3 (10 to the negative 3), Ka2=1.7 x 10-7(10 to the negative 7), and Ka3=5.1 x 10-12 (10 to the negative 12). What is the pH of a 0.80 M solution of arsenic acid.,
concentration of arsenic acid = 0.80 M
H3AsO4 + H2O -----------------> H2AsO4- + H3O+
0.80 0 0
0.80 - x x x
Ka1 = [H2AsO4-][H3O+] / [H3AsO4]
5.5 x 10^-3 = x^2 / 0.80 - x
x^2 + 5.5 x 10^-3 x - 4.4 x 10^-3 = 0
x = 0.0636
[H3O+] = 0.0636 M
pH = -log [H+] = -log (0.0636)
pH = 1.20