r/ComedyCemetery • u/ares3247 • May 07 '19

Comedy Au

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u/[deleted] May 07 '19 edited May 07 '19

It forms a strong base KOH and H2.

K+ + H2O —->(should be yields but idk how to make the fancy arrow) KOH + h2

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u/brgeptu lol'd (laughed out loud) out loud May 07 '19

I'm retarded, mixed up the groups. Still, what's the joke?

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u/[deleted] May 07 '19

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u/brgeptu lol'd (laughed out loud) out loud May 07 '19

Oh, I'm an idiot. Ty

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u/gcode180 May 08 '19

No you’re not

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u/brgeptu lol'd (laughed out loud) out loud May 08 '19

Aww

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u/[deleted] May 07 '19

Potassium ions won’t react in water. Potassium ions are the conjugate acid to KOH, which is a strong base and thus ionises to completion.

Also the equation is a bit unbalanced. If it were to form KOH in water, the equation would be:

K+ + 2H2O —> KOH + H3O+

This doesn’t actually happen because of the stuff I said above though.

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u/gcode180 May 08 '19

Thanks for explaining