10 Flashcards
Hydration
- positive ends of water molecule are attracted to negatively charged anions
- negative ends are attracted to positively charged cations
- this happens when water has salt or something in it
- it breaks up INDIVIDUAL cation and anions
Solubility
- ability of a substance to dissolve into a solvent
- differences in solubilities of IONIC compounds in water depends on relative attractions of the ions for each other (forces hold the solid together) and attractions of ions for water molecules
- all NITRATES are soluble in water
- water can dissolve NONIONIC substances
- in general, polar and ionic substances are expected to be more soluble in water than nonpolar substances
Solute
-substance being dissolved
Solvent
-substance dissolving the solute (water)
Electrical conductivity
-ability to conduct an electric current
Electrolyte
-substance that when dissolved in water produces a solution that can conduct electricity
Svante Arrhenius
- believed that the conductivity of solutions arose from the presence of ions (how many ions they created in aqueous solutions)
- believed acids provide a hydrogen ion (positive, H+) and are sour
- believed bases provide a hydrogen ion (negative, OH-)
Strong Electrolytes
- there are three classes : soluble salts, strong acids, strong bases
- salt (cations and anions) separate in water
Strong Acids
- when they are in water, virtually every molecule ionizes
- sulfuric acid, nitric acid, and hydrochloric acids are aqueous and should be written like HCl(aq)
- since strong acids completely dissociate into its ions, 100 molecules of HCl dissolved in water will created 100 H+ ions and 100 Cl- ions
- H2SO4 says that this acid can produce 2 H+ ions per molecule when dissolved in water, but only the first H+ ion is completely broken down. The second H+ ion can be pulled off under certain conditions. Therefore, H2SO4 contains mostly H+ and H2SO4- ions.
Strong Bases
- soluble ionic compounds
- have hydroxide ion (OH-)
- when in water, OH- ions separate and move independently
- bitter and slippery
List of Strong Acids
- HCl, hydrochloric
- H2SO4, sulfuric
- HBr, hydrobromic
- HI, hydroiodic
- HNO3, nitric
- HClO4, perchloric
Weak Electrolytes
- acetic acids is a weak acid
- ammonia is a weak base
Acetic Acids:
- formula for acids are often written with acidic hydrogen atoms or atoms (produce H+ ions) first and non acidic hydrogens later
- double arrow means that the reaction can occur in either direction
- it is a weak acid
Weak Acid
-any acid that dissociate (ionizes) only to a slight extent in an aqueous solution
Weak Base
- ammonia is one
- resulting solution is a weak electrolyte (few ions are formed)
- OH- ions are also formed
Nonelectrolytes
- substances that dissolve in water but do not produce any ions
- ethanol is one (molecules do not break up into ions)
- table sugar (sucrose)
Molarity
- number mol solute/liters of solution
- measure of concentration
Solubility rules:
- all nitrates are soluble (NO3-)
- all alkali metals and ammonium salts are soluble (NH4+) (first column)
- all chlorides, bromides, and iodides are soluble except : Pb2+, Ag+, Hg2+
- all sulfates (SO42-) are soluble except Pb2+, Ag+, Hg22+, Ca2+, Sr 2+, Ba2+
- everything else is not soluble unless mr. william tells us otherwise
Spectator ions
things that don’t react
List of Strong Bases:
- LiOH
- NaOH
- KOH
- Ca(OH)2
- SR(OH)2
- Ba(OH)2
Three types of reactions
- double displacement/precipitation reaction
- acid base reaction / water forming
Double displacement/precipitation reaction:
- characterized by AX + BY –> AY + BX
- switching partners
Acid base reaction / water forming
- acid and base combining
- characterized by AX + BY –> AY + BX, like double displacement
- creates water
net ionic equation
crossing out spectator ions