acids Flashcards
acid + metal
= salt + hydrogen
acid + metal oxide
=salt + water
acid + metal hydroxide
=salt + water
acid + metal carbonate
= salt + co2 + water
ammonia + hydrochloric acid =
NH4CL(aq)
type of acid used and salt formed
hydrochloric - chloride (cl-)
sulfuric - sulfate (SO42-)
nitric - nitrate (NO3-)
phosphoric - phosphate (PO43-)
ethanoic - ethanoate (CH3COO-)
definition of an acid
proton donor
monoprotic / diprotic
monoprotic acids release 1 H+
diprotic acids release 2 H+
definition of a base
a base is a proton acceptor
will accept and bind to H+
water
water can act as a base or an acid so amphoteric
strong acids
fully dissociates
equilibrium lies entirely to the right hand side
so if original conc of strong acid is x when it fully dissociates the conc of H+ will now be x
equation of PH
PH = -Log10[H+]
weak acids
partially dissociate
position of equilibrium is way over to the left hand side - cant work out concentration H+
examples of strong acids
HCl
H2SO4
HNO3
H3PO4
Ka
used to figure out amount of H+ ions that have partially dissociated
higher Ka - more dissociated