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Tartaric acid is a diprotic acid (H2T) present in many fruits
and is
used in cosmetics due to its powerful depigmenting effect.
Therefore, it is
present in multiple facial creams whose pH is 5.2. Calculate the
amount of H2T that is
you must add to prepare 125 mL of a necessary tartaric acid
solution in the
manufacture of such creams. Data: Ka1 = 9.2 x 10-4; Ka2 = 4.31
x10-5. PM H2T = 150.1g / mol
Ans:-
First acid dissociation constant (ka1) of H2T is larger than second therefore solve for amount of H2T needed by considering ka1 only.