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Ch.16 - Aqueous Equilibria: Acids & Bases

Chapter 16, Problem 153

In the case of very weak acids, 3H3O+ 4 from the dissociation of water is significant compared with 3H3O+ 4 from the dissociation of the weak acid. The sugar substitute saccharin 1C7H5NO3S2, for example, is a very weak acid having Ka = 2.1 * 10-12 and a solubility in water of 348 mg/100 mL. Calculate 3H3O+ 4 in a saturated solution of saccharin. (Hint: Equilibrium equations for the dissociation of saccharin and water must be solved simultaneously.)

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