Tuesday, January 10, 2012

What is the PH of Nitric acid?

Depends on the concentration. It's a pretty strong acid (pKa of −1.4), so unless you have a high concentration the pH will be almost the same as the negative logarithm of the concentration. For example, 0.01-M HNO3 is going to be very close to pH 2.

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