Oxalic acid (H2C2O4) is a diprotic acid with Ka1 = 5.6x10-1 and Ka2 = 1.5x10-4. Oxalate ion (C2O42-) also has two base dissociation constants, Kb1 = 6.5x10-11 and Kb2 = 1.8x10-14. Based on these values, deduce the formula to compute the base dissociation constants of oxalate ion in terms of Kw and Ka1 or Ka2

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Oxalic acid (H2C2O4) is a diprotic acid with Ka1 = 5.6x10-1 and Ka2 = 1.5x10-4. Oxalate ion (C2O42-) also has two base dissociation constants, Kb1 = 6.5x10-11 and Kb2 = 1.8x10-14. Based on these
values, deduce the formula to compute the base dissociation
constants of oxalate ion in terms of Kw and Ka1 or Ka2

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