{"id":205999,"date":"2025-03-26T06:46:41","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T06:46:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=205999"},"modified":"2025-03-26T06:46:43","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T06:46:43","slug":"the-conjugate-acid-of-hso4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/26\/the-conjugate-acid-of-hso4\/","title":{"rendered":"The conjugate acid of HSO4-"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The conjugate acid of HSO4- is<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A) SO42-.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

B) HSO4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

C) H2SO4.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

D) H2SO4-.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

E) HSO3-.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The correct answer and explanation is :<\/strong><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The correct answer is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

C) H\u2082SO\u2084.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Explanation:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

To determine the conjugate acid of HSO\u2084\u207b (hydrogen sulfate ion)<\/strong>, we need to recall the concept of conjugate acid-base pairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Step 1: Understanding Conjugate Acid-Base Pairs<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

A conjugate acid is formed when a base gains<\/strong> a proton (H\u207a<\/strong>). Conversely, a conjugate base is formed when an acid loses<\/strong> a proton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Step 2: Identifying the Conjugate Acid of HSO\u2084\u207b<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
    \n
  • HSO\u2084\u207b is acting as a base<\/strong> (it can accept a proton).<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • If it gains<\/strong> a proton (H\u207a<\/strong>), it forms H\u2082SO\u2084 (sulfuric acid).<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • The chemical equation is:
    [
    HSO\u2084\u207b + H\u207a \u2192 H\u2082SO\u2084
    ]<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Therefore, H\u2082SO\u2084<\/strong> is the conjugate acid<\/strong> of HSO\u2084\u207b<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Step 3: Eliminating Incorrect Options<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
      \n
    • A) SO\u2084\u00b2\u207b (Sulfate ion)<\/strong>: This is actually the conjugate base<\/strong> of HSO\u2084\u207b<\/strong>, not its conjugate acid.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • B) HSO\u2084<\/strong>: This notation is incorrect; HSO\u2084\u207b<\/strong> already exists in the problem.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • D) H\u2082SO\u2084\u207b<\/strong>: This does not exist as a common species.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • E) HSO\u2083\u207b (Hydrogen sulfite ion)<\/strong>: This is unrelated to HSO\u2084\u207b<\/strong> and belongs to a different acid system (sulfurous acid<\/strong>).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      Thus, the correct answer is C) H\u2082SO\u2084<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

      \"\"<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      The conjugate acid of HSO4- is A) SO42-. B) HSO4. C) H2SO4. D) H2SO4-. E) HSO3-. The correct answer and explanation is : The correct answer is: C) H\u2082SO\u2084. Explanation: To determine the conjugate acid of HSO\u2084\u207b (hydrogen sulfate ion), we need to recall the concept of conjugate acid-base pairs. Step 1: Understanding Conjugate Acid-Base […]<\/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-205999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205999","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=205999"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205999\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}