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Phosphoric acid is a triprotic acid, and the Ka values are given below. Calculate pH, pOH, [H3PO4], [H2PO4 2- ], [HPO4 - ], and [PO4 3- ] at equilibrium for a 5.00 M phosphoric acid solution.
Ka1 = 7.5 x 10-3
Ka2 = 6.2 x 10-8
Ka3 = 4.2 x 10
here
For every dissociation concentration is decreasing that is why, we assume that
x , , z are smaller than above concentration and hence assumed to be negligible.. Compare to the given one.
Ph = 0.72
POH= 13.28
H3PO4 = 4.807
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