Thursday, April 24, 2014

If the pH of a solution is 4.66, what is the `[H3O^+]` ?

The pH of a solution is a measure of the hydronium ion concentration. The hydronium ion is represented as `H_3O^+` . Mathematically, the relationship between hydronium ion concentration and pH can be written as:


`pH = -log_(10) [H_3O^+]`


This equation can be further written as:


`[H_3O^+] = 10^(-pH)`


In this case, pH = 4.66.


Therefore, the hydronium ion concentration can be calculated by substituting the value of pH in the above equation.


That is, `[H_3O^+] = 10^(-4.66) = 2.19 xx 10^(-5) M`


Thus, the given solution contains 2.19 x 10^-5 M hydronium ions.


We can also calculate the pOH of the solution by using the relation: 


pH + pOH = 14


This equates to: pOH = 14-4.66 = 9.34


We can also calculate [OH^-] by using the relation:


`pOH = -log_(10)[OH^-]`


Solving this equation, we get [OH^-] = 4.57 x 10^-10 M.


Hope this helps. 

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