What are the $conjugate acids$ $"conjugate acids"$ of $H O^{-}$ $HO^-$ , $H C O_{3}^{-}$ $HCO_3^(-)$ , $H P O_{4}^{2 -}$ $HPO_4^(2-)$ , and $C O_{3}^{2 -}$ $CO_3^(2-)$ ions?

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Answer 1 · 2016-04-30T22:47:57

Water, carbonic acid, dihydrogen phosphate, and bicarbonate.

For the conjugate acid, simply add a $H^{+}$ $H^+$ unit to the starting material. Mass and charge are conserved, i.e:

$H P O_{4}^{2 -} + H^{+} \to H_{2} P O_{4}^{-}$ $HPO_4^(2-) + H^(+) rarr H_2PO_4^-$

You can do this routine with all the examples.

What are the conjugate acids"conjugate acids" of HO−HO^-, HCO−3HCO_3^(-), HPO2−4HPO_4^(2-), and CO2−3CO_3^(2-) ions?