Primarygun Posted April 23, 2005 Share Posted April 23, 2005 In a beaker of solution, Each sulphuric acid almost completely ionizes to give two H+ ion when the solution is not at a high concentration. What I want to ask is, if the concentration of a salt in a solution is very high while the concentration of sulphuric acid is very low, what will the ionization go? Completely or just give one H+ per molecule? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budullewraagh Posted April 23, 2005 Share Posted April 23, 2005 what salt are we considering? if it's sulfate/bisulfate, there will be less ionization by the sulfuric acid. btw, H2SO4 almost always ionizes to H+ and HSO4-. very little of that HSO4- ionizes further to H+ and SO4-2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdurg Posted April 23, 2005 Share Posted April 23, 2005 Yeah. H2SO4 is a strong acid, but HSO4- is a pretty weak acid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primarygun Posted April 24, 2005 Author Share Posted April 24, 2005 But will the concentration of other soluble substance such as (NaCl) affect the rate of the ionization of hydrogensulphate ion? (HSO4-) Moreover, if the concentration of the sulphuric acid is very higher, many hydrogensulphate ions are not able to ionize. However, in a reaction, the equilibrium goes forward to the right one if the reactants are more than the product. If looking at these two factors, I guess ionization is not a kind of reaction, right? However, new substances are really formed, what's the fact? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
budullewraagh Posted April 24, 2005 Share Posted April 24, 2005 yes, if the anion is HSO4- or SO4-2 ionization is a reaction... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primarygun Posted April 25, 2005 Author Share Posted April 25, 2005 Oh, so one kind of the reactions goes faster while the other goes slower. And the overall rate is speeded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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