When no hypocholorus acid was added to the 1.00L of pure water, hydronium and hydroxide ions were still present in the solution. Explain how this occurs and write a balanced chemical reaction describing this.
HOCl + H2O ------> H3O+ + OCl-
acid base conjugate acid conjugate base
H2O + H2O --------> H3O+ + OH- no hypochlorous acid added
Acid Base conjugate acid conjugate base
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