(a) The hydrogen sulfite ion (HSO 3 - ) is amphiprotic. Write a balanced chemical equation showing...

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(a) The hydrogen sulfite ion (HSO3-) is amphiprotic. Write a balanced chemical equation showing how it acts as an acid toward water and another equation showing how it acts as a base toward water.

(b) What is the conjugate acid of HSO3-? What is its conjugate base?

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Chemistry The Central Science

ISBN: 978-0134414232

14th Edition

Authors: Theodore Brown, H. LeMay, Bruce Bursten, Catherine Murphy, Patrick Woodward, Matthew Stoltzfus

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