An acidic solute, HA, has a Ka of 1.00 X 10-5 and a partition coefficient, Kp, between water and hexane of 5.00. Calculate the extraction efficiency if we extract a 50.00 mL sample of a 0.025 M aqueous solution of HA, buffered to a pH of 8.00, with 100.00 mL of hexane.

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An acidic solute, HA, has a K₁ of 1.00 X 10-5 and a partition coefficient, Kp, between water and hexane of
5.00. Calculate the extraction efficiency if we extract a 50.00 mL sample of a 0.025 M aqueous solution of
HA, buffered to a pH of 8.00, with 100.00 mL of hexane.
Transcribed Image Text:An acidic solute, HA, has a K₁ of 1.00 X 10-5 and a partition coefficient, Kp, between water and hexane of 5.00. Calculate the extraction efficiency if we extract a 50.00 mL sample of a 0.025 M aqueous solution of HA, buffered to a pH of 8.00, with 100.00 mL of hexane.
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