Arsenic acid, H3AsO4, is used industrially to manufacture insecticides. Arsenic acid is a polyprotic acid with Ka1 = 2.5 × 10–4, Ka2 = 5.6 × 10–8, and Ka3 = 3 × 10–13. What is the pH of a solution whose initial arsenic acid concentration was 0.24 M?

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Arsenic acid, H3AsO4, is used industrially to manufacture insecticides. Arsenic acid is a polyprotic acid with Ka1 = 2.5 × 10–4, Ka2 = 5.6 × 10–8, and Ka3 = 3 × 10–13. What is the pH of a solution whose initial arsenic acid concentration was 0.24 M?

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