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Jules18
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Here's the question:
And the answer is:
Which makes sense to me, because acetic acid is the stronger acid. But there's another option in the list that it says is NOT true:
I thought this might be true, because both are solutions of chemicals that were referred to as acids.
Am I missing the definition of an acid?
The ionization constant for acetic acid is 1.8E-5; that for hydrocyanic acid is 4E-10. In 0.1 M solutions of sodium acetate and sodium cyanide, it is true that:
And the answer is:
[OH-] of the sodium acetate solution is less than that of the sodium cyanide solution.
Which makes sense to me, because acetic acid is the stronger acid. But there's another option in the list that it says is NOT true:
[H+] exceeds [OH-] in each solution.
I thought this might be true, because both are solutions of chemicals that were referred to as acids.
Am I missing the definition of an acid?