Given the following information:
- benzoic acid
- C6H5COOH
- Ka = 6.3×10-5
- ammonia
- NH3
- Kb = 1.8×10-5
(1) Write the net ionic equation for the reaction that occurs when equal volumes of 0.389 M aqueous benzoic acid and ammonia are mixed. It is not necessary to include states such as (aq) or (s).
_________+____________ ---------> __________+________
(2) At equilibrium the _________
- reactants
- products
- will be favored.
(3) The pH of the resulting solution will be _________
- greater than
- equal to
- less than
- seven.