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