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How do you go about calculating the pH of .001M sodium bicarbonate (NaCO3) dissolved in water.....I some how derived the right answer which is pH = 8.3 but really have no idea how /i actually got the answer. How would I go about deriving the amount of [H+] so that I could use the equation [H+] = -log(???) = pH = 8.3

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How do you go about calculating the pH of .001M sodium bicarbonate (NaCO3) dissolved in water.....I some how derived the right answer which is pH = 8.3 but really have no idea how /i actually got the answer. How would I go about deriving the ...

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