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14.1 Exercise 13

Avg difficulty 2.5

State which of the following species are amphiprotic and write chemical equations illustrating the amphiprotic character of these species.

(a) NH3\text{NH}_{3}

(b) HPO42−\text{HPO}_{4} ^{\text{2}−}

(c) Br−

(d) NH4+\text{NH}_{4} ^{+}

(e) AsO43−\text{AsO}_{4} ^{\text{3}−}

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