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How to make acetic acid more volatile so that it can be removed by vigorous aeration of an acetic acid-water mixture? [closed]

I want to remove acetic acid from a mixture of acetic acid and water by aeration. The concentration of acetic acid is 200 ppm (mg/L). The pH of the water is more than 5. I want to reduce the acetic ...
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What is the pH of HCl solution at $10^{-8}$M? [duplicate]

After using the negative logarithmic value of $\ce{H^+}$ ion concentration, I get a value of pH that results in base. Can you please help me? Thank you in advance
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Why is the inside of a cell both more acidic and more negative than its environment?

In a very simplistic way of thinking, an acidic solution has more positively charged $\ce{H+}$ ions present, whereas a basic solution has more negatively charged $\ce{OH-}$ ions present. Can that be ...
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Calculating the pH of a mixture of Na2HPO4 and Na3PO4?

I know there are more questions about this on the forum, but I was just wondering: when we mix both solutions, would we have to consider the equilibria corresponding to $\mathrm{p}K_\mathrm{a2}$ and $\...
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Hydrogen peroxide from water

Is it possible that $\ce{2 OH-}$ from water could react to form $\ce{H2O2}$? I mean most autoionization forms $\ce{H3O+}$ and $\ce{OH-}$. However I think it is possible that $\ce{H-}$ and $\ce{OH+}$ ...
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What are the products of the dissociation of sodium bicarbonate in water? What is the relative pH of the solution?

I had a recent question on a test that asked what the products would be if sodium hydrogen carbonate were dissolved in water. I had a few candidate answers $\displaystyle\ce{NaHCO3 -> Na+ + HCO3-}$...
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Calculating approximate pH of polyprotic acids

When I took up ionic equilibria and titrations after a long break, I found it hard to solve the questions regarding pH calculations of polyprotic acds. Consider these two questions as examples:- ...
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Does the hydrolysis speed increase when more H+ ions are in the solution?

In hydrolysis of polysaccharides, does the hydrolysis speed increase when more $\ce{H+}$ ions are present in the solution? So if I were to use $\ce{H2SO4}$ instead of $\ce{HCl}$ (same volumes) then $\...
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