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The kw value is called the ion product constant of water.
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Here you can see that it's basically the product of the hydronium ion concentration and the hydroxyl ion concentration.
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This has a value of 1 .0 times 10 to the negative 14 with the unit smaller squared and we don't omit it at 25 celsius degrees.
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Provided we know two quantities in this equation, we can calculate the third because that's the only unknown.
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And let's try some examples that demonstrate this relationship.
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So let's say we knew that baking soda had a certain hydroxyl ion concentration.
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How do we calculate the hydronium ion concentration based on that? you can see from the above equation if we solve for the hydronium ion concentration, we get this relationship.
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Is equal to k w divided by the hydroxyl ion concentration.
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And this has to be equal to 1 .0 times 10 to the negative 14 because we assume that the temperature is 25 celsius since we are not told otherwise.
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Divide this by the provided hydroxyl ion concentration for baking soda, which is 1 .0 times 10 to the negative 6 molar.
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This gives us the answer 1 .0 times 10 to the negative 8 molar.
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By this standard, we know that baking soda is basic because the hydrionion concentration here is less than that of a neutral solution...