The first step in purifying the urine collected on the ISS is to treat every liter of urine with 20 mL of 1.0 M H2SO4. To simplify the calculations, lets assume that urine is water.   a) What is the pH of a solution of 20. mL of 1.0 M H2SO4 added to 1.00 L water? To determine this, you can safely assume that 100% of the H2SO4 reacts to form H3O+ and HSO4- ions. Use pKa2 (1.92) to determine if any more protons are added to the solution from HSO4-.

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The first step in purifying the urine collected on the ISS is to treat every liter of urine with 20 mL of 1.0 M H2SO4. To simplify the calculations, lets assume that urine is water.

 

a) What is the pH of a solution of 20. mL of 1.0 M H2SO4 added to 1.00 L water? To determine this, you can safely assume that 100% of the H2SO4 reacts to form H3O+ and HSO4- ions. Use pKa2 (1.92) to determine if any more protons are added to the solution from HSO4-.

 

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