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Anonymous Fri Dec 6 21:27:59 2013 No.6208197 [View]
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NH3 + H2O is an equilibrium reaction mostly yielding NH4+ + OH-.

My question is why isn't it the other way around? The polar nature of water means that O's bond to H is stronger than N's bond to its H's. So how can N pull O's H if O and its H's have stronger bonds than N and its H's?

O is more electronegative, stronger polarity...etc. I just don't understand why H2O is disassociated over NH3 considering H2O is stronger.

What am I missing?

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