Given the Ka values, estimate the pKa value of each of the following acids without using a calculator (that is, is it between 3 and 4, between 9 and 10,and so on?): 1. nitrous acid (HNO2), Ka = 4.0 * 10-4 2. nitric acid (HNO3), Ka = 22 3. bicarbonate (HCO3-), Ka = 6.3 * 10-11 4. hydrogen cyanide (HCN), Ka = 7.9 * 10-10 5. formic acid (HCOOH), Ka = 2.0 * 10-4 6. phosphoric acid (H3PO4), Ka = 2.1

Given the Ka values, estimate the pKa value of each of the following acids without using a calculator (that is, is it between 3 and 4, between 9 and 10,and so on?): 1. nitrous acid (HNO2), Ka = 4.0 * 10-4 2. nitric acid (HNO3), Ka = 22 3. bicarbonate (HCO3-), Ka = 6.3 * 10-11 4. hydrogen cyanide (HCN), Ka = 7.9 * 10-10 5. formic acid (HCOOH), Ka = 2.0 * 10-4 6. phosphoric acid (H3PO4), Ka = 2.1

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