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Unknown Acid Problem > Activity 2

Use the Virtual Lab to identify the contents and concentration of the second bottle of unknown acid. Summarize your findings in the spaces provided bellow the Virtual Lab interface. The table of available acids with their pKa's is shown below.

crotonic pKa = 4.69   methylmalonic pKa = 3.07   diphenylacetic pKa = 3.94
picric pKa = strong   alloxanic pKa = 6.64   methyl-m-aminobenzoic pKa = 5.10

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Please take detailed notes of your procedure, and complete a report of your experiment(s) to be turned along with a printed copy of this page that states that the problem was solved. A sample report can be found here. Please give your answer to three significant figures; and within a 5% margin of error.