lonic Product of Water - K W

Question 1

Water dissociates into

Answer 1

Hydroxide ions and hydroxonium ions

Question 2

Equation to know

Answer 2

H20 —__>< H+ + OH-

Question 3

Water dissociates into its ions very weakly….

Answer 3

There is so little OH- and H+ compared with H2O molecules that we can assume that the concentration of water has a constant value.