Calculate the concentrations of all species in a 1.49 M Na2SO3 (sodium sulfite) solution. The ionization...

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Calculate the concentrations of all species in a 1.49 M Na2SO3(sodium sulfite) solution. The ionization constants for sulfurousacid are Ka1 = 1.4× 10–2 and Ka2 = 6.3× 10–8. [Na+]= [SO3^2-]=[HSO3^-]= [H2SO3]= [OH^-]= [H^+]=

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Sodium sulfite dissociates completely2Na 298SO32 149Na2SO3aq H2Ol 2Na SO32When Na2SO3aq dissociates it forms 2moles of Na and sulfite ions ie weak baseWhen weak base    See Answer
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