%0 Journal Article
%T Playing Around with ˇ°Kaleidagraphˇ± Program for Determination of pK<sub>a</sub> Values of Mono, Di and Tri Basic Acids in a Physical-Organic Chemistry Laboratory
%A Vandanapu Jagannadham
%A Rachuru Sanjeev
%J Creative Education
%P 380-382
%@ 2151-4771
%D 2012
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ce.2012.33060
%X A simple and easy laboratory protocol for the determination of the pK<sub>a</sub> of mono, di and tri-basic weak acids is described in this paper by using arbitrarily simulated data as a function of pH. An equation compatible to Kaleidagraph program is derived and used in the program to determine the pK<sub>a</sub>. The present protocol for the determination of the pK<sub>a</sub> is useful in teaching chemistry experiments in a Physical-Organic Chemistry Laboratory.
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%K Kaleidagraph
%K Acid-Base Equilibriums
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=19915