Question

Can someone help me with this question??

Answer 1

Which of the following chemical reactions is most likely to have the largest equilibrium constant K?
A. H3PO4(aq) + NH3(aq) = H2PO4-(aq) + NH4+(aq)
B. CH3COO-(aq) + H2O(l) = CH3COOH(aq) + OH-(aq)
C. CH3COOH(aq) + H2O(l) = CH3COO-(aq) + H3O+(aq)
D. HCl(aq) + H2O (l)= H3O+(aq) + Cl-(aq)

Answer 2

These are acid-base reactions. You should approach multiple choice questions with an elimination process. Can you indicate which of the reactants are strong acids?

Answer 3

Translation which reaction would favor the products the most?

Answer 4

I have no idea how to even do this. Let alone eliminate the answers i think are wrong @Photon336 @aaronq Sorry I had to some things to do

Answer 5

What this is actually asking is what is the strongest acid.

the strongest acid is going to dissociate the most. meaning

HA --> H+ A-

there is going to be virtually no acid HA left and almost all H+ A-

\[k = \frac{ [HA][A^-] }{ [HA] } = \frac{ PRODUCTS }{ REACTANTS }\]

Answer 6

This means that the stronger acid is going to have a larger k value. HCL is the only acid that meets that criteria because we know that HCL--> H+ CL-
CL is happy existing as an ion so it's negative charge is going to be stable so it likes existing as an ion.

Answer 7

That's the only thing I knew, HCl is a very strong acid . Thankyou for the explanation. I do not understand why HA was written twice, on the numerator and denominator

Answer 8

Fifib that's a mistake

Answer 9

@Photon336 Oh