Posted by ron on Thursday, September 13, 2012 at 1:04am.
H3PO4 ==> H^+ + H2PO4^-
At the half-way point, you're right.
(base) = (acid)
But for the remainder of your question you may be confusing H^+ with the other parts. You are titrating H3PO4 with a base, say NaOH, so
H3PO4 + OH^- ==> H2O + H2PO4^-
pH = pKa + log [(H2PO4^-)/(H3PO4)].
After the half-way point, H2PO4^- is increasing and H3PO4 is decreasing. The pH increases for that reason. There is less acid and more base. I don't see that any H^+ is being produced. In fact, H^+ is being neutralized to H2O.
I hope I have interpreted your question properly.
A couple of days ago I helped you with a problem and I suggested you might want to get a second opinion. I have forgotten the problem now(I think it was the carboxylic acid pKa + a pk2) and the question was to find pK2.) but I'm curious as to the outcome. I would appreciate a summary of that work and the outcome.
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