Determine the [OH⁻] concentration in a 0.344 M Ca(OH)₂ solution.

Explanation:

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In this case, it is widely acknowledged that strong bases usually correspond to those formed with metals in groups IA and IIA which have relatively high activity and reactivity, therefore, when they are dissolved in water the following dissociation reaction occurs (for calcium hydroxide):

In such a way, for the same volume, we can compute the concentration of hydroxyl ions by simple stoichiometry (1:2 molar ratio):

Or simply:

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when [oh-] is 10-5  m, and [h3o+] is 10-9  m, the poh is 5 and ph is 9. again in both cases the sum of ph and poh is 14. however, the hydrogen ion concentration is not always going to be equal to exactly 1 x 10 raised to a negative number. for example, we skipped over the value of 2.0 x 10-7.