Posted by Sara on Friday, March 22, 2013 at 2:41pm.
Sara, this is a reverse hydrolysis problem. See your problem above for how that works.
So Kb for PO4^3- = (Kw/k3 for H3PO4) = ?
Then for the reverse hydrolysis it will be Kc = 1/Kb.
I plug in the numbers put it doesn't match any of the choices.... I get 4.81x10^-29
The choices are
A)2.3x10^-35
B)6.4x10^-23
C)7.3x10^-16
D)48
E)491
Please help!!
I don't know which buttons you punched but when I crunched the numbers I got 48 and that is one of the answers listed. I'd be interested in knowing what you did? Did I say something that was difficult to understand?
Kb phosphate = (kw/k3) = 1E-14/4.8E-13 = 0.02083 = Kb for phosphate.
1/Kb = 1/0.0203 = 48.0
I don't press the E button i press the 10^x
Button but when I divided the kw/Kb it gives me 2.083x10^-28
Take a look at your calculator instruction manual for dividing one number by the other.
(Kw/k3) = 1 x 10^-14/4.8 x 10^-13 = 0.02038
1/0.02038 = 48.0
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