AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS AND CHEMICAL EQUILIBRIA Flashcards
substances that have a natural positive or negative electrical charge when dissolved in water
Electrolytes
Ionized completely in a solvent
Strong Electrolytes
Ionized partially on solvent
Weak Electrolytes
produced in the reaction of an acid with a base - Examples include NaCl, Na2SO4, and NaOOCCH3 (sodium acetate)
Salt
acid is a proton donor, and a base is a proton acceptor - For a molecule to behave as an acid, it must encounter a proton acceptor (or base). Likewise, a molecule that can accept a proton behaves as a base if it encounters an acid.
Brønsted-Lowry Theory
formed when an acid loses a proton. For example, acetate ion is the conjugate base of acetic acid
Conjugate Base
formed when a base accepts a proton
Conjugate Acid
is the hydrated proton formed when water reacts with an acid
Hydronium Ions
species that have both acidic and basic properties
Amphiprotic Species
are an important class of amphiprotic compounds that contain both a weak acid and a weak base functional group
simple amino acids
a species that has both a positive and a negative charge
zwitterion
is the classic example of an amphiprotic solvent, that can act either as an acid or as a base depending on the solute.
Water
Other Common Amphiprotic Solvents
methanol, ethanol, and anhydrous acetic acid
(also called autoionization) is the spontaneous reaction of molecules of a substance to give a pair of ion
Autoprotolysis
reaction with the solvent is sufficiently complete that no undissociated solute molecules are left in aqueous solution
Strong Acids
react incompletely with water to give solutions containing significant quantities of both the parent acid and its conjugate base
Weak Acids
various acids dissociate to different degrees and have different strengths
Differentiating Solvent
everal acids are completely dissociated and show the same strength
Leveling Solvent
the ratio of concentrations of reactants and products is constant
Chemical Equilibrium
are algebraic equations that describe the concentration relationships among reactants and products at equilibrium
Equilibrium-constant Expressions
states that the position of an equilibrium always shifts in such a direction as to relieve a stress that is applied to the system
an increase in temperature of a system alters the concentration relationship in the direction that tends to absorb heat, and an increase in pressure favors those participants that occupy a smaller total volume
Le Châtelier’s Principle
a shift in the position of an equilibrium caused by adding one of the reactants or products to a system
Mass-action Effect
is a branch of chemistry that concerns the flow of heat and energy in chemical reactions. The position of a chemical equilibrium is related to these energy changes
Chemical Thermodynamics
resists changes in pH when it is diluted or when acids or bases are added to it
Buffer Solution