How do pH values of acids and bases differ?
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We assess the autoprotolysis of water...
Explanation:
...which reaction we represent as...
Now this reaction is governed by an equilibrium constant....and we write it in the usual way...and of course the EXTENT of equilibrium can be measured, and so we can quantify it...
We take
And so on rearrangement....
And thus our defining relation...
Using the same sort of approach, for conjugate acid/conjugate base pairs...