Consider the acid H3PO4. This acid will react with water by the following equation. H3PO4+H2O↽−−⇀H2PO−4+H3O+ What will be true of the resulting conjugate base H2PO−4? Select the correct answer below: H2PO−4 can act as an acid.

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Answer:

H+/PO-4^-2

Explanation:

hydrogen has dissolved completely

In the given reaction conjugate base is H₂PO₄⁻, it also behave as a weak acid.

What is acid - conjugate base pair?

An acid and conjugate base pairs are those pairs in which they are differentiated by the one atom of hydrogen atom.

Given chemical reaction is:

H₃PO₄ + H₂O → H₂PO₄⁻ + H₃O⁺

In the above reaction H₃PO₄ is an acid as it gives H⁺ ion to the solution and formed H₂PO₄⁻, which is a conjugate base of H₃PO₄ acid. H₂PO₄⁻ will also behave as an acid because it have H⁺ ion to gives in the solution but nature of this acid is weak as they not readily dissociates.

Hence, H₂PO₄⁻ is a conjugate base.

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