Playing Around with “Kaleidagraph” Program for Determination of pKa Values of Mono, Di and Tri Basic Acids in a Physical-Organic Chemistry Laboratory ()
Vandanapu Jagannadham,
Rachuru Sanjeev
Department of Chemistry, Mizan-Tepi University, Tepi Campus, Tepi, Ethiopia.
Department of Chemistry, Osmania University, Hyderabad, India.
DOI: 10.4236/ce.2012.33060
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Abstract
A simple and easy laboratory protocol for the determination of the pKa 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 pKa. The present protocol for the determination of the pKa is useful in teaching chemistry experiments in a Physical-Organic Chemistry Laboratory.
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Jagannadham, V. and Sanjeev, R. (2012) Playing Around with “Kaleidagraph” Program for Determination of pK
a Values of Mono, Di and Tri Basic Acids in a Physical-Organic Chemistry Laboratory.
Creative Education,
3, 380-382. doi:
10.4236/ce.2012.33060.
Conflicts of Interest
The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
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