Chemical equations ionization constant

Like all chemical equations, this one has an equilibrium constant. The discussion of basic chemistry is outside the purview of this book. Readers who may need a refresher are referred to Tse and Jaffe (1991). For every chemical, a pKa can be calculated, based on its equilibrium constant, which represents the proportion of ionized and unionized material in solution. The lower the pKa of a chemical, the more likely it is to be nonionized in the stomach. 

Autoprotolysis constant — The ion-product calculated from the ion activities of the conjugate acidic and basic species of an -> amphiprotic solvent (SH). The chemical equation of such self-ionization reactions can be schematized as 2HS H2S+ + S , where H2S+ is the conjugate cation, S the conjugate anion. The autoprotolysis constant can be formulated as JCauto = [H2S+] ... 

Write a chemical equation that represents the ionization of a weak acid, HA. Write the equilibrium constant expression for this reaction. What is the special symbol used for this equilibrium constant ... 

Even though this has to be solved using a quadratic equation, we can skip that elaborate process by making some chemically acceptable assumptions. Since the acid-ionization constant is very small, we can assume the same with the value of X. So the expression changes as follows. For the MCAT, you won t be given problems that require extensive calculations. The problems will test mostly concepts, and when calculations are involved the numbers will usually be manageable ones. 

Solve Writing both the chemical equation for the ionization reaction that forms H (aq) and the equilibirium-constant (K )... 

A (a) Write a chemical equation showing the ionization of water, (b) Write the equilibrium constant expression for this equation, (c) What is the special symbol used for this equUibrium constant (d) What is the relationship between [H" ] and [OH ] in pure water (e) How can this relationship be used to define the terms acidic and basic ... 

The literature describing surface ionization as a mass action process datas from the early 1970s [4, 8,20-27]. For about the next decade, ionization of amphoteric surface sites was described with the chemical equations (14) and (19). These equations are written in the classic form of acid ionization reactions so that the respective mass action equations (18) and (20) are written in terms of mass action constants, with a small subscript a indicating a mass action equation for an acid ionization reaction. In virtually all these early publications the K acid ionization constants for the ionization reactions, Eqs (14) and (19), and their respective mass action equations (18) and (20) are written with the symbols and K 2 respectively. 

Equations (1.206) and (1.207) describe the ionization of neutral vacancies (Vx, Vm). We assume here that the ionization of V and Vm to Vx and Vm does not take place. In a crystal in thermal equilibrium, electrons and holes will be formed by thermal excitation of electrons from the valence band to the conduction band, and the reverse process is also possible. This process can be expressed by eqn (1.210) as a chemical reaction, (see eqn (1.136)). Such reactions are called creation-annihilation reactions. Equations (1.208) and (1.209) describe the creation-annihilation reactions of neutral vacancies and charged vacancies in a crystal. Equation (1.211) shows the formation reaction of MX from constituent gases. It is to be noted that of these eight equations two are not independent. For example, the equilibrium constants Ks and K x in eqns (1.209) and (1.211) are expressed in terms of the other Ks as... 

In this paper we have used the quantity (1 — vp0) in writing equations for sedimentation equilibrium experiments. Some workers prefer to use the density increment, 1000(dp/dc)Tfn, instead when dealing with solutions containing ionizing macromolecules. This procedure was first advocated by Vrij (44), and its advantages are discussed by Casassa and Eisenberg (39). Nichol and Ogston (13) have used the density increment in their analysis of mixed associations. The subscript p. means that all of the diffusible solutes are at constant chemical potential in the buffer... 

Quantitative structure-activity relationships (QSARs) are important for predicting the oxidation potential of chemicals in Fenton s reaction system. To describe reactivity and physicochemical properties of the chemicals, five different molecular descriptors were applied. The dipole moment represents the polarity of a molecule and its effect on the reaction rates HOMo and LUMO approximate the ionization potential and electron affinities, respectively and the log P coefficient correlates the hydrophobicity, which can be an important factor relative to reactivity of substrates in aqueous media. Finally, the effect of the substituents on the reaction rates could be correlated with Hammett constants by Hammett s equation. 

For example, let s write the equilibrium constant expression for the basic ionization of ammonia in water. The equation for the chemical equilibrium reaction is ... 

Pyzhov Equation. Temkin is also known for the theory of complex steady-state reactions. His model of the surface electronic gas related to the nature of adlay-ers presents one of the earliest attempts to go from physical chemistry to chemical physics. A number of these findings were introduced to electrochemistry, often in close cooperation with -> Frumkin. In particular, Temkin clarified a problem of the -> activation energy of the electrode process, and introduced the notions of ideal and real activation energies. His studies of gas ionization reactions on partly submerged electrodes are important for the theory of -> fuel cell processes. Temkin is also known for his activities in chemical -> thermodynamics. He proposed the technique to calculate the -> activities of the perfect solution components and worked out the approach to computing the -> equilibrium constants of chemical reactions (named Temkin-Swartsman method). 

The first paper deals with the gas-phase chemistry in one dimension. Starting with four combinations of HjO, CO2, NHj and CH nuclear abundances (Table 5), rate equations for 441 photoreactions and chemical reactions are solved simultaneously. The second paper starts with a somewhat modified initial composition which varies the abundances of CO and CO. While one combination contains only COj and is similar to one of the first paper, the other assumes a pure CO mixture (Table 5). Abundances for NH3 and CH4 are almost the same in both models of paper 2 and about 1/3 of the COj or CO abundance. Furthermore, new rate constants are included, and 25 instead of 3 photodissociative ionization reactions are taken into account. The calculations have shown that these reactions are an important source for the inner coma ions. Two processes which are included shall especially be mentioned in this respect ... 

The principal components derived from the activities can be correlated to physicochemical properties using MLR. Thus it was found that component one appears to be dominated by electronic factors (equation 12), while in component two transport (lipophilicity) properties (equation 13) play a role. The following parameters are used Appm(NH2) is the NMR chemical shift of the amino protons relative to the unsubstituted congener, / is the fraction ionized at pH 7.4, and log k is the lipophilicity measured by HPLC. Equation (13) shows an example of a nonsignificant constant term, since the standard deviation is larger than the term itself. In such cases the equation should be forced through the origin. 

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