Calculate the pH of 0-1M solution of NH 4 OCN- K b for NH 3 is 1-75- 10 -5 and K a for HOCN is 3-3- 10 -4-

Ammonium acetate is a salt of weak acid and weak base.So pH=7+ 1 2 (p K _ a pK _ b ) pH=7+ 1 2 ( log K _ a +log K _ b ) #160; pH=7+ 1 ...

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Calculate the pH of $0.1 M$ solution of ${N H}_{4} O C N . K_{b}$ for ${N H}_{3}$ is $1.75 \times 10^{- 5}$ and $K_{a}$ for $H O C N$ is $3.3 \times 10^{- 4}$ .

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