Rank the pH of the 0.05 M solutions of the following from lowest to highest: Acetic acid (pKa = 4.77) Hydrocyanic acid (Ka = 4.9x10-10) Hydrofluoric acid ( Ka = 6.8x10-4) Nitrous acid (pKa = 3.35)

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Problem 32PS: Which is the stronger of the following two acids? (a) acetic acid, CH3CO2H, Ka = 1.8 105 (b)...
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Rank the pH of the 0.05 M solutions of the following from lowest to highest:

Acetic acid (pKa = 4.77)

Hydrocyanic acid (Ka = 4.9x10-10)

Hydrofluoric acid ( Ka = 6.8x10-4)

Nitrous acid (pKa = 3.35)

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