General Chemistry - Standalone boo...

11th Edition
Steven D. Gammon + 7 others
ISBN: 9781305580343



General Chemistry - Standalone boo...

11th Edition
Steven D. Gammon + 7 others
ISBN: 9781305580343
Textbook Problem

Phosphorous acid, H2PHO3, is a diprotic acid. Write equations for the acid ionizations. Write the expressions for Ka1, and Ka2.

Interpretation Introduction


An equation for the acid ionizations and expressions for Ka1 and Ka2 for Phosphoric acid has to written

Concept introduction:

The ionization of a weak acid HA can be given as follows,


The equilibrium expression for the above reaction is given below.



Ka is acid ionization constant,

[H+] is concentration of hydrogen ion

[A-] is concentration of acid anion

[HA] is concentration of the acid

Diprotic and polyprotic acids:

Acids having two or more hydrogen atoms are termed as diprotic or polyprotic acids.  These acids lose one proton at a time by undergoing successive ionizations.

For diprotic acids, the successive ionization constants are designated as Ka1andKa2

For triprotic acids, the successive ionization constants are designated as Ka1,Ka2andKa3

To Explain: An equation for the acid ionizations and expressions for Ka1 and Ka2 for Phosphoric acid


Given data:

Phosphoric acid (H2PHO3) is a diprotic acid

Equation for the acid ionizations:

Since, Phosphoric acid is a diprotic acid, it has two replaceable hydrogen ions in it.

Therefore, there will be two ionization equations and two equilibrium expressions Ka1 and Ka2 respectively for the first and second ionization reactions.

The equation for first ionization is:

H2PHO3(aq) + H2 H3O+(aq) + HPHO3-(aq)

The equation for second ionization is:

HPHO3-(aq) + H2 H3O+(aq) + PHO32-(aq)

Expressions for Ka1 and Ka2 :

First ionization equation:


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