Question

General question: What is the acid dissociation constant? how do you find it and solve it? And what is the acid concentration? How do you solve for that?

Answer 1

it's the same thing as an equilibrium constant, but it's applied to acid dissociation, i.e.

HA <-> H^+ + A^-

Answer 2

what is HA?

Answer 3

a general formula for an acid, e.g. HCl, HNO3, HI

Answer 4

i still don't get it @aaronq how would you solve for it?

Answer 5

the same way, Ka=[prod]/[reactants]

Answer 6

HA just stands for the acid that you start out with before dissolving it.