Consider the open ammonia-water system with a partial pressure of ammonia pNH3 = 10?5 atm. What is the equilibrium pH and composition of this solution? (a) Use a log-concentration pH diagram to solve for equilibrium pH (b) Use the algebraic approach making reasonable simplifying assumptions
If the aqueous solution in the above problem with ammonia was also allowed to equilibrate with an atmosphere containing 10?3.5 atm carbon dioxide, estimate the new equilibrium pH for the solution. Try the log concentration-pH approach. Will it be possible to solve this problem algebraically? How?