What is the relationship between Hydronium, Hydroxide, and Water?

I need to know all the relationships facts between Hydronium ions, Hydroxide ions, and Water. Me and my group are going to make a song

1 Answer
May 7, 2018

I'm sure I won't hit every relationship, but here's a quick summary.

Water spontaneously dissociates in solution. It conforms to,

#H_2O rightleftharpoons OH^(-) + H^+#

where,

#K_"w" = [OH^-][H^+] = 1.0*10^-14#

When these ions are added to solution, #Q > K_"w"#.

Then, the solution will re-equilibrate by forming water molecules. In the process of doing, the lack of hydronium ions or hydroxide ions will alter the #"pH"# of the solution.