What is the "pOH"pOH of a solution if the ["OH"^-] = 33.5 xx 10^-2[OH]=33.5×102 "M"M?

1 Answer
Apr 15, 2017

"pOH"=0.475pOH=0.475

Explanation:

The chemical definition of "pOH"pOH or in fact, the "p"p of any value/constant is given as the cologarithm of that thing. That is the negative (or reciprocal) logarithm of that thing.

therefore "pOH"=-log["OH"^-]=log(1/(["OH"^-]))

"pOH"=-log(3.35xx10^-1)=0.475