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Unknown Acid Problem > Activity 3

Use the Virtual Lab to determine the concentrations of the two acids in the bottle marked "mixed trichloroacetic and alloxanic acids".

Trichloroacetic is a strong acid and the Ka for alloxanic acid is 2.3 x 10-7.

Note: Each time you load this page, you are given three changes to answer. If all three answers are incorrect then you will be asked to reload the page and try again with a new problem. Enjoy your work!
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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.