What are balanced equation for $H N O_{3}$ $HNO_3$ reacting with water and $H N O_{2}$ $HNO_2$ reacting with water?

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What are balanced equation for $H N O_{3}$ $HNO_3$ reacting with water and $H N O_{2}$ $HNO_2$ reacting with water?

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Answer 1 · 2017-04-08T07:16:21

We examine the reaction:

$H X + H_{2} O ⇌ H_{3} O^{+} + X^{-}$ $HX + H_2O rightleftharpoons H_3O^(+) + X^(-)$

Explanation:

For $nitric acid$ $"nitric acid"$ , $X^{-} = N O_{3}^{-}$ $X^(-)=NO_3^-$ , for $nitrous acid$ $"nitrous acid"$ , $X^{-} = N O_{2}^{-}$ $X^(-)=NO_2^(-)$ .

The equilibrium LIES FARTHER to the right in the case of nitric acid (almost quantitativley so).

This site quotes a $K_{a}$ $K_a$ value for $H N O_{2}$ $HNO_2$ of $4 \times 10^{- 4}$ $4xx10^-4$ , which characterizes nitrous acid as a moderately weak acid.

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