Many buffers are polyprotic, such as carbonic acid. bicarbonate (hco3) has a pka of 10.33; while carbonic acid (hco3) has a pka of 6.35. use the henderson-hasselbalch equation to mathematically determine which form of this buffer predominates at ph 7.4 (homeostasis ph of blood). besides your mathematical answer, state the form that predominates too.

Ase your answer to this question on the information below. hydrocarbons and fissionable nuclei are among the sources used for the production of energy in the united states. a chemical reaction produces much less energy than a nuclear reaction per mole of reactant. the balanced chemical equation below represents the reaction of one molecule of a hydrocarbon with two molecules of oxygen. chemical equation: ch4 + 2o2 → co2 + 2h2o + 1.48 × 10−18 jthe nuclear equation below represents one of the many possible reactions for one fissionable nucleus. in this equation, x represents a missing product. nuclear equation: write an isotopic notation for the missing product represented by x in the nuclear equation.

The atomic radius of sodium is 186 pm and of chlorine is 100 pm. the ionic radius for na+ is 102 pm and for cl– is 181 pm. in going from na to cl in period 3, why does the atomic radius decrease while the ionic radius increases? a. the inner electrons in the sodium cation shield its valence electrons more effectively than the inner electrons in the chloride anion do. b. the inner electrons shield the valence electrons more effectively in the chlorine atom than in the chloride anion. c. the outermost electrons in chloride experience a smaller effective nuclear charge than those in the sodium cation do. d. the outermost electrons in chloride experience a larger effective nuclear charge than those in the sodium cation do. e. monatomic ions are bigger than the atoms from which they are formed.

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