Chemistry I / Acids, Bases and pH
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A solution has pOH=4.5\mathrm{pOH} = 4.5 at 25 °C. Compute its pH.

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  1. pH and pOH sum to 14 at 25 degrees Celsius.
  2. Compute 14 - 4.5.
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9.5 (answers within ±0.05 count)

Why

pH=14pOH=144.5=9.5\mathrm{pH} = 14 - \mathrm{pOH} = 14 - 4.5 = 9.5. The relation follows directly from Kw=1014K_w = 10^{-14}, and it holds only at 25 °C because KwK_w varies with temperature.

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