Acid Base: An interesting Ka calculation

The substance is sodium hydrogen sulfate. The error would be to think this is a salt of a weak acid that hydrolyzes with water to produce a solution with a basic pH. NO! Sodium hydrogen sulfate is a salt of a strong acid and, as such, is itself an acid.This substance should be treated as an acid, not a salt, when doing the calculation shown in the video.

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