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Acids and bases Module 5 Flashcards

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1
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What are acids?

A

Proton donors
Release H+ ions when mixed with water in form of hydroxonium ions
HA + H2O = H3O+ + A-

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What are bases?

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Proton acceptors
When mixed with water taken hydrogen ions from water molecules
B + H2O = BH+ + OH-

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What do you call acids in terms of how many protons they can release?

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Monobasic, HCl
Dibasic H2SO4
Tribasic, H3PO4

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Describe the equilibrium set up by an acid reacting with a base in terms of conjugate pairs?

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HA(acid) + B(base) ⇋ BH+(acid) + A-(base)

In forward reaction HA acts as acid as donates a proton to B
In reverse reaction A- acts as base to accept proton from BH+
HA and A- are a conjugate pairs, HA being conjugate acid and A- being conjugate base
B and BH+ are a conjugate pairs, BH+ being the conjugate acid, and B being conjugate base

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What are conjugate pairs?

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Species linked by the transfer of a proton

Always on opposite sides of the equation

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Water is a special case, what happens if you react it with an acid?

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Forms a conjugate acid (H3O)+

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Water is a special case, what do you get if you react it with a base?

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Forms a conjugate base (OH-)

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What do you get if react an acid with a reactive metal?

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Hydrogen gas

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What do you get if react an acid with carbonates?

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CO2 and water

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What are Alkalis?

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Type of base which releases OH- ions in water

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What do you get if react an acid with an alkali?

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Water

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12
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What’s a metal oxide?

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An insoluble base

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What do you get if react an acid with a metal oxide?

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Water

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Formula for pH if you know it’s H+ concentration?

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pH = -log10 (H+)

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If you know the pH of solution how do you find it’s H+ concentration?

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(H+) = 10^-pH

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What’s an important rule for monobasic acids or bases?

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H+ concentration = Concentration of acid

OH- concentration = Concentration of base

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17
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Equation for water dissociating

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H2O ⇋ H+ + OH-

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18
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How do you find the ionic product of water Kw?

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Kw = (H+)(OH-)

If water is pure then ratio between them is 1:1, so Kw is the same as (H+)^2

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For a weak aqueous acid what equilibrium do you get?

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HA ⇋ H+ + A-

20
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What’s important about a weak acid?

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Don’t fully ionise in solution so H+ conc isn’t the same as acid concentration

Also it’s concentration is the same at start and at equillibrium

21
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Formula for Ka the acid dissociation constant?

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Ka = ((H+) x (A-)) / (HA)

Or Ka = (H+)^2 / (HA)

22
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Units for Ka?

A

mol dm^-3

23
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Formula to find pKa?

A

pKa = -log10 Ka

24
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Formula to find Ka when you know pKa?

A

Ka = 10^-pKa

25
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What’s a buffer?

A

A solution that minimises changes in pH when small amounts of acid or base are added

26
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What do acidic buffers contain?

A

A weak acid and it’s conjugate base

27
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What are the 2 ways to form an acidic base?

A

Mix a weak acid with the salt of it’s conjugate base

Mix an excess of weak acid with a strong alkali

28
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What is the equilibrium for a weak acid and it’s conjugate base?

A

HA ⇋ H+(aq) + A-

Eg CH3COOH(aq) ⇋ H+(aq) + CH3COO-(aq)

29
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How do acidic buffers resist changes in pH?

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If you add a small amount of acid the H+ ion increases,, meaning the position of equilibrium shifts to the left reducing H+ ion concentration. pH doesn’t change much

If Alkali is added OH- ion concentration increases, they react with H+ to form water, removing H+ ions from solution. Causing equilibrium to shift right so more CH3COOH dissociates, H+ ion concentration increases, pH doesn’t change much

30
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What are the 2 buffer systems that occur in our blood?

A

H2CO3 ⇋ H+ + HCO3-

H2CO3 ⇋ H2O + CO2

31
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How are levels of H2CO3 controlled in our blood?

A

Respiration, when we breah out CO2 it’s concentration reduces so less H2CO3 formed

32
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How are levels of HCO3- controlled?

A

The kidneys, with the excess being excreted in urine

33
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How to calculate the pH of a buffer solution?

A

Assume that initial concentration of salt is the same the equilibrium value of A-
HA initial concentration is the same as it’s equilibrium concentration
Use and rearrange the Ka formula if necessary

34
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What can you use to measure the pH of a solution?

A

pH meter

35
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How do you calibrate a pH probe?

A

Put in distilled water and adjust reading to 7

Do the same with pH 4 solution and pH 10 solution rinsing it with distilled water each time

36
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What do titrations allow you to do?

A

Find out exactly how much alkali is needed to neutralise and acid

37
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How to draw strong acid / strong base curve?

A

Starts near 0, ends near 14

vertical part in centre

38
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How to draw strong acid/ weak base

A

Starts near 0 ends near 10

Vertical part 3/4 on x axis

39
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How do you draw a pH plot?

A

pH on y axis

volume of alkali added on x axis

40
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How to draw weak acid/strong base?

A

Starts near 5 ends near 14

Vertical part 1/4 way down x axis

41
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How to draw weak acid/ weak base?

A

Starts near 5 ends round 10

No vertical part it’s S shaped

42
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What’s the vertical part of a pH plot?

A

The equivalence point

The point where the acid is neutralised and (OH-)=(H+)

43
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How do you chose which indicator to use for a titration?

A

The pH range of the indicator must lie completely within the vertical part of the pH plot

44
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Describe features f Methyl orange indicator?

A

Colour at low pH is red
Colour at high pH is yellow
Approx pH of colour change is between 3 and 4.5
So useful for strong acid/ strong base and strong acid/ weak base

45
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Describe phenolphthallein?

A

Colour at low pH is colourless
Colour at high pH is pink
Approx pH of colour change is 8 to 10
So useful for strong acid/ strong base and weak acid/ strong base

46
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Why can indicators be thought as weak acids?

A

They have differently coloured conjugate pairs, so as H+ or OH- concs change the equilibrium positions also do
phenolphthallein-H (colourless) ⇋ phenolphthallein-(pink) +H+
Methyl orange-H (red) ⇋ Methyl orange- (yellow) + H+

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