Acids, Bases, And Buffers Flashcards
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Reactants combine to give __________.
Products
Products can fall apart to give ____________.
Reactants
___________ ____________ is the process of reactants combining to yield products and products breaking apart to yield reactants.
Dynamic equilibrium
When a system is a state of dynamic equilibrium is disturbed it will react to reestablish the equilibrium condition, this is called ______________________.
Le Chatelier’s principle
When is a system in a state of equilibrium?
When there is a balance between reactants and products.
What is balance defined by?
Thermodynamics
As the equilibrium constant (K) increases, the reaction favors _________, as K decreases, the reaction favors ________ ________.
Products, starting materials.
If you add products, the equilibrium will shift towards __________.
Reactants
If you remove products, the equilibrium will shift toward ________.
Products
An acid is a proton ________.
Donor
A base is a proton _________.
Acceptor
When an acid donates a proton, it is converted into its __________ _____.
Conjugate base.
When a base accepts a proton, it is converted into its __________ _____.
Conjugate acid
An ______________ _______ can behave as either an acid or a base.
Amphoteric species
H20 is an _______ ____.
Amphoteric species
The stronger the acid, the _______ the conjugate base.
The weaker the acid, the _______ the conjugate base.
Weaker
Stronger
A stronger acid is more determined to…
A stronger base is more determined to…
- give its proton to some base
- take a proton from some acid
Strong bases are _______ _____ _________.
Soluble ionic hydroxides
When a strong base dissolves in water…
It essentially all dissociates to ions.
Weak acids do or do not ionize 100% in water?
Do not (they establish equilibrium)
Weak bases establish equilibrium by ….
Accepting a proton from water.
The buffer in a solution …
Resists changes in pH
Buffers contain a _____ ______ and a _______ _____.
Weak acid, conjugate base
What equation is used to determine the ration of weak acid to its conjugate base at a given pH?
Henderson-Hasselbach