{"id":168554,"date":"2024-11-17T17:14:20","date_gmt":"2024-11-17T17:14:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=168554"},"modified":"2024-11-17T17:14:23","modified_gmt":"2024-11-17T17:14:23","slug":"the-dihydrogenphosphate-ion-h2po4-has-both-a-conjugate-acid-and-a-conjugate-base","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2024\/11\/17\/the-dihydrogenphosphate-ion-h2po4-has-both-a-conjugate-acid-and-a-conjugate-base\/","title":{"rendered":"The dihydrogenphosphate ion, H2PO4-, has both a conjugate acid and a conjugate base."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The dihydrogenphosphate ion, H2PO4-, has both a conjugate acid and a conjugate base. These are,respectively<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-6-color\">The Correct Answer and Explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The dihydrogenphosphate ion (H\u2082PO\u2084\u207b) has both a conjugate acid and a conjugate base.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <strong>conjugate acid<\/strong> of H\u2082PO\u2084\u207b is <strong>H\u2083PO\u2084<\/strong> (phosphoric acid).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The <strong>conjugate base<\/strong> of H\u2082PO\u2084\u207b is <strong>HPO\u2084\u00b2\u207b<\/strong> (hydrogenphosphate ion).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Explanation:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>To understand why, let&#8217;s first review what conjugate acids and bases are. In acid-base chemistry, a <strong>conjugate acid<\/strong> is formed when a base accepts a proton (H\u207a), and a <strong>conjugate base<\/strong> is formed when an acid donates a proton (H\u207a).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Conjugate Acid (H\u2083PO\u2084):<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The dihydrogenphosphate ion (H\u2082PO\u2084\u207b) can act as a base by accepting a proton (H\u207a).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>When it accepts a proton, it becomes <strong>H\u2083PO\u2084<\/strong>, which is <strong>phosphoric acid<\/strong>. Therefore, H\u2083PO\u2084 is the conjugate acid of H\u2082PO\u2084\u207b. The reaction can be written as: [<br>\\text{H\u2082PO\u2084\u207b} + \\text{H\u207a} \\rightarrow \\text{H\u2083PO\u2084}<br>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Conjugate Base (HPO\u2084\u00b2\u207b):<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The dihydrogenphosphate ion (H\u2082PO\u2084\u207b) can also act as an acid by donating a proton (H\u207a).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>When it donates a proton, it becomes <strong>HPO\u2084\u00b2\u207b<\/strong>, which is the <strong>hydrogenphosphate ion<\/strong>. Therefore, HPO\u2084\u00b2\u207b is the conjugate base of H\u2082PO\u2084\u207b. The reaction can be written as: [<br>\\text{H\u2082PO\u2084\u207b} \\rightarrow \\text{HPO\u2084\u00b2\u207b} + \\text{H\u207a}<br>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Conclusion:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <strong>conjugate acid<\/strong> of H\u2082PO\u2084\u207b is <strong>H\u2083PO\u2084<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The <strong>conjugate base<\/strong> of H\u2082PO\u2084\u207b is <strong>HPO\u2084\u00b2\u207b<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>This behavior is consistent with the principles of acid-base theory, where the proton transfer results in the formation of conjugate pairs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The dihydrogenphosphate ion, H2PO4-, has both a conjugate acid and a conjugate base. These are,respectively The Correct Answer and Explanation is: The dihydrogenphosphate ion (H\u2082PO\u2084\u207b) has both a conjugate acid and a conjugate base. Explanation: To understand why, let&#8217;s first review what conjugate acids and bases are. In acid-base chemistry, a conjugate acid is formed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-168554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168554"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168554\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}