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| | Acid dissociation constant |
 | | In chemistry and biochemistry, the acid dissociation constant, the acidity constant, or the acid-ionization constant (Ka) is a specific type of equilibrium constant that indicates the extent of dissociation of hydrogen ions from an acid. |
 | | The equilibrium is that of a proton transfer from an acid, HA, to water, H2O. The term for the concentration of water, [H2O], is omitted from the general equilibrium constant expression. |
 | | Because this constant differs for each acid and varies over many degrees of magnitude, the acidity constant is often represented by the additive inverse of its common logarithm, represented by the symbol pKa (using the same mathematical relationship as [H+] is to pH). |
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