The ionization constant of phenol is 1.0 × 10–10. What is the concentration of phenolate ion in 0.05 M solution of phenol?

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The ionization constant of phenol is 1.0 × 10–10. What is the concentration of phenolate ion in 0.05 M solution of phenol? What will be its degree of ionization if the solution is also 0.01M in sodium phenolate? 

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answered Oct 7, 2017 by sforrest072 (157,439 points) 61 410 943
selected Oct 8, 2017 by sanjeev
 
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Ionization of phenol: 

Now, let be the degree of ionization of phenol in the presence of 0.01 M C6H5ONa. 

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