Acid Base Equilibria

Question 1

Strong acids and bases completely ionizes in water, having large Ka and Kb, respectively

Answer 1

Weak acid and bases does not ionize completely in water, having small ka and kb, respectively

Question 2

Recall strong acids and bases

Answer 2

Recall weak acids and bases

Question 3

Acids that yield more than one [H3O+] ion

Answer 3

Polyprotic acid

Question 4

Strong acids have high ka, low pka

Answer 4

Weak acids have low ka and high pka

Question 5

Recall autoionization of water

Answer 5

Formuals for calculating pH and pOH

Question 6

Combination of weak acid/base and it’s conjugate base/acid in about equal concentration

Answer 6

Buffer

Question 7

Equation that expresses the concentration of an acid or base as equal to the sum of concentrations of protonated and unprotonated species

Answer 7

Mass balance equation

Question 8

Equation that requires that the total positive charge of cations equal to the total negative charge of anions

Answer 8

Charge balance equation