(a) Write a chemical equation that illustrates the autoionization of water. (b) Write the expression for the...

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(a) Write a chemical equation that illustrates the autoionization of water. 

(b) Write the expression for the ion product constant for water, Kw

(c) If a solution is described as basic, which of the following is true: 

(i) [H+] > [OH-], 

(ii) [H+] = [OH-], or 

(iii) [H+] < [OH-]?

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Chemistry The Central Science

ISBN: 978-0134414232

14th Edition

Authors: Theodore Brown, H. LeMay, Bruce Bursten, Catherine Murphy, Patrick Woodward, Matthew Stoltzfus

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