What is the pH of a 0.1 M solution of acetic acid (pKa = 4.75)?

Explanation:

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In this case, since dissociation of acetic acid is:

The equilibrium expression in terms of the acid dissociation constant is:

In such a way, in terms of the reaction extent, we write:

And Ka is computed from the pKa:

Thus, solving for we obtain:

Which is also equal to the concentration of H⁺ so the pH is:

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the electronic configuration of an atom with eight electrons is 1s²2s²2p⁴. the orbital diagrams are shown in the figure.

as per the hunds rule:

1. electrons tend to avoid being in the same orbital as per as practicable.

2. electrons in different orbitals of the same energy will have their spin parallel.

this can be illustrated from the multiplicity of the orbitals of the atom. as there are four electrons in the p orbital and p orbital has 3 sub-shells. the electrons can be fed in different ways as shown in the figure but the correct orbital diagram will be as per the hunds rule.

the answer is b. dilution