Tuesday, 17 March 2015

acid base - What is the Ka of OH- and Kb of H3O+?


What is the Ka of OHX and Kb of \ce{H_3O^+}? Have these constants been determined?



Answer



For \ce{O^2-}, the \mathrm{p}K_\mathrm{b} is approximately -22, so the \mathrm{p}K_\mathrm{a} of hydroxide is about 36.


sources: http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Oxide and https://www.chem.tamu.edu/rgroup/hughbanks/courses/462/lecturenotes/class6-2.pdf


For hydronium, the reference Fred Senese cited



Protonated hydronium dication...


suggests that at acidities of Hammet acidity function H_o = -25 to -28, protonated hydronium can be present.


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