Chapter 2: Q18.149 CP (page 40)
When carbon dioxide dissolves in water, it undergoes a multistep equilibrium process, with , which is simpli铿乪d to the following:
(a) Classify each step as a Lewis or a Br酶nsted -Lowry reaction.
(b) What is the pH of non-polluted rainwaterin equilibrium with clean air (in clean airatm; Henry鈥檚 law constant forat 25C is mol/L atm)?
(c) What isdata-custom-editor="chemistry" in rainwater ()?
(d) If the partial pressure ofdata-custom-editor="chemistry" in clean air doubles in the next few decades, what will the pH of rainwater become?
Short Answer
(a) is the Bronsted-Lowry acid andis the Bronsted-Lowry base.
(b) The pH of non polluted rain water in equilibrium with clean air is
(c) Thein rain water is
(d) The pH of rainwater if the partial pressure ofin clean air doubles in the next few decades is