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Hydrogen ion donors
Acids
Hydrogen ion acceptors
Bases
Strong Acid/Base
100% ionization in water
Weak Acid/Base
< 5% ionization inwater
Ionization of weak acid/base is a _____-favored process
Ionization of weak acid/base is a _reactant_-favored process
Ionization of a strong acid/base is a _____-favored process
Ionization of a strong acid/base is a _product_-favored process
Amphiprotic
A substance that can both accept of donate a proton (act as either acid or base). e.g. water
Conjugate acid-base pair
A pair of molecules or ions related to each other by the loss or gain of a single H+ (one has lost H+ and the other has gained)
One member of a conjugate acid-base pair is always a _______ and the other is always a ________
One member of a conjugate acid-base pair is always a _reactant_ and the other is always a _product_
Stronger acids are better H+ ion ____ than weak acids
Stronger acids are better H+ ion _donors_ than weak acids
Strong bases are better H+ ion _______ than weak bases
Strong bases are better H+ ion _acceptors_ than weak bases
Stronger acids have _____ conjugate bases
Stronger acids have _weaker_ conjugate bases
Weaker acids have _____ conjugate bases
Weaker acids have _stronger_ conjugate bases
Stronger bases have _______ conjugate acids
Stronger bases have _weaker_ conjugate acids
Weaker bases have ________ conjugate acids
Weaker bases have _Stronger_ conjugate acids
As acid strength decreases, conjugate base strength _________
As acid strength decreases, conjugate base strength _increases_
As base strength decreases, conjugate acid strength ________
As base strength decreases, conjugate base strength _increases_
Acid-base reactions favor going from the ______ to the _____ member of each conjugate acid-base pair
Acid-base reactions favor going from the _stronger_ to the _weaker_ member of each conjugate acid-base pair
Autoionization
water molecules react to produce hydronium ions and hydroxide ions in very low concentrations
Equilibrium constant expression for the autoionization of water
Kw = [H₃O+][OH-]
Ionization constant for water
Kw
Neutral solution
equal concentration of H+ & OH-
pH - formula
pH = -log([H₃O+])
pH - definition
scale for measuring very small concentrations of H₃O+
pOH - formula
pH = -log([OH- ])
pOH - definition
scale for measuring very small concentrations of OH-
In relation to pOH, pH =
. . . 14 - pOH
in relation to pH, pOH =
. . . 14 - pH
The larger the equilibrium constant for an acid's ionization, the ______ the acid
The larger the equilibrium constant for an acid's ionization, the _stronger_ the acid
acid ionization constant expression: Kₐ
Kₐ =
[H₃O+][conj. base] [H₃O+][A-]
--------------------------- = ----------------
[conj. acid] [HA]
Acid ionization constant - Symbol
Kₐ
Acid ionization constant - definition
measure of the strength of an acid in solution. It is the equilibrium constant for a chemical reaction known as dissociation in the context of acid-base reactions.
acid ionization constant expression: Kb
Kb =
[OH-][conj. acid] [OH-][AH]
--------------------------- = ----------------
[conj. base] [A-]
Polyprotic Acids
Can donate more than one H+ per molecule
Oxoacid
Acid in which the acidic hydrogen is bnonded directly to oxygen in an H-O- bond
The concentrations in the acid ionization or base ionization expression, mol/L, are . . .
. . . at equilibrium
The magnitude of the Ka or Kb value indicates . . .
. . . how far the forward reaction occurs at equilibrium
Strong bases and weak acids react to form . . .
. . . basic salts
Strong Acids and weak bases react to form . . .
. . . acidic salts
Hydrolysis reaction
A reaction in which a water molecule is split