For biological and medical applications it is often necessary to consider proton transfer equilibria at body temperature (37 °C). The value of Kw for water at body temperature is 2.5 x 10-14 (a) What are the va lue of [H3O+) and the pH of neutral water at 37 °C. (b) What is the molar concentration ofOH- ions and the pOH of neutral water at 37 °C?

For biological and medical applications it is often necessary to consider proton transfer equilibria at body temperature (37 °C). The value of Kw for water at body temperature is 2.5 x 10-14 (a) What are the va lue of [H3O+) and the pH of neutral water at 37 °C. (b) What is the molar concentration ofOH- ions and the pOH of neutral water at 37 °C?

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Chapter17: Electrochemistry And Its Applications

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