Muscles produce lactic acid, CH 3 CH(OH)COOH(aq) during exercise . Calculate the percent ionization (deprotonation), pH, and of a 0.1152 M solution of lactic acid . The acid-dissociation (or ionization) constant , K_{a} of this acid is 8.4 * 10 ^ - 4. Calculate the percent ionization, the pH, and the pOH.

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Muscles produce lactic acid, CH 3 CH(OH)COOH(aq) during exercise . Calculate the percent ionization (deprotonation), pH, and of a 0.1152 M solution of lactic acid . The acid-dissociation (or ionization) constant , K_{a} of this acid is 8.4 * 10 ^ - 4. Calculate the percent ionization, the pH, and the pOH.

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