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Ch. 10: Acids and Bases Flashcards

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1
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how does an Arrhenius acid behave

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Arrhenius acids dissociate to form an excess of H+ in solution

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how does an Arrhenius base behave

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Arrhenius base dissociate to form an excess of OH- in solution

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how does a Bronsted-Lowry acid behave

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Bronsted-Lowry acids are PROTON (H+) donors

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how does a Bronsted-Lowry base behave

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Bronsted-Lowry bases are PROTON (H+) acceptors

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how does a Lewis acid behave

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Lewis acids are ELECTRON pair acceptors

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how does a Lewis base behave

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Lewis bases are ELECTRON pair donors

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what is an amphoteric species? how does it behave?

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reacts like…

  • an acid in a basic environment (donating proton, accepting electron)
  • a base in an acidic environment (acceptation proton, donating electron)

WATER

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how is water an amphoteric species

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acts like an acid (donates proton) in a base
H2O + B- HB + OH-

acts like a base (accepts proton) in an acid
HA + H2O A- + H3O+

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what is an amphiprotic species

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species that can either gain or lose a proton

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what occurs during autoionizations

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amphoteric species react with themselves to yield basic AND acidic ions

H2O + H2O -OH + H3O+

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what is the water dissociation constant, Kw

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Kw = [H3O+][OH-] = 10^-14 at 25C (298K)

when autoionizied, the concentrations of H3O+ and OH- will always equal 10^-14 at 25C

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what properties is Kw dependent on

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like all equilibrium constants, Kw is dependent only on temperature. Changes to concentration, pressure, and volume will not effect Kw

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what do pH and pOH scales measure

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the concentrations of H+ and -OH ions in concentration on a negative logarithmic scale

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what is the equation for the pH of a solution

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pH = - log[H+] = log 1/[H+]

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what is the equation for the pOH of a solution

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pOH = -log[-OH] = log 1/[-OH]

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16
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what does pH + pOH =

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pH + pOH = 14

as pH increases, pOH decreases by the same amount and vice versa

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what is the approximate pvalue for n * 10^-m

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p value ~ m - 0.n

ex: Ka = 1.8 * 10^-5 … pKa ~ 5 - 0.18 ~ 4.82

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how are strong acids and bases different than weak acids and bases

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strong acids/bases completely dissociate into their component ions in aqueous sol’ns

weak acid/bases partially dissociate into their component ions

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what does log 1 =

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log 1 = 0

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what does log 10 =

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log 10 = 1

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21
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what is the equation for an acid dissociation constant, Ka

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HA + H2O H3O+ + A-

Ka = [H3O+][A-] / [HA]

WATER IS PURE LIQUID, NOT INCLUDED

22
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what is the equation for a base dissociation constant, Kb

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BOH B+ + -OH

Kb = [B+][OH-]/[BOH]

WATER IS PURE LIQUID, NOT INCLUDED

23
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what do Kb and Ka values less than one indicate

A

weak bases and acids

24
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what kind of acid-base reaction occurs in conjugate pairs

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bronsted-lowry acid-base reaction

base + conjugate acid
acid + conjugate base

25
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what is a conjugate acid

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acid formed when a BL base accepts a proton

26
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what is a conjugate base

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base formed when a BL acid donates a proton

27
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equation for dissociation constants of conjugate pairs

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Ka, acid * Kb, conjugate base = Kw = 10^-14

Kb, base * Ka, conjugate acid = Kw = 10^-14

28
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how are Ka and Kb values related

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inversely

when one value is high, the other value is low

29
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how do electronegative elements affect acid strength

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  • increases acidity*
  • electronegative substituents positioned near an acidic proton pull electron density out of the acidic bond
  • facilitates dissociation of the acidic hydrogen
30
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what occurs during a neutralization reaction

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an acid and a base are reacted together to form a salt and water

HA + BOH BA + H2O

31
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what occurs during a hydrolysis reaction

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water and a salt are reacted together to form an acid and a base

32
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what is an acid equivalent equal to

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one mole of H+ ions (H3O+)

33
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what is a base equivalent equal to

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one mole of OH- ions

34
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what does it mean to be polyvalent/polyprotic

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each mole of acid or base liberates more than one acid or base equivalent

35
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what is the purpose of titration

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to determine the concentration of a known reaction in a solution

36
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how are titrations performed [big picture]

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small volumes of a solution with known concentration [titrant] are added to a known volume of a solution with unknown concentration [titrand] until the complete of the reaction is achieved at an equivalence point

37
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when is the equivalence point reached in acid base titration

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when the number of acidic equivalents present in the original solution equals the number of base equivalents added (or vice versa)

38
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what equation relates normalities with volumes for titrations

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NaNb = VaVb

where N is normality (equivalents added) and V is volume of the solutions

39
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what are indicators

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weak acids or bases that have different colors in their protonate and deprotonated states

binding/release of a proton –> change in absorption spectrum –> perceived change in color

40
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what occurs at the endpoint

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the indicator changes to its final color

41
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what makes a particular indicator a good choice for a titration

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  • weak acid/base

- Kb or Ka is lower than what is being titrated

42
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where is the equivalence point for a strong acid/strong base titration

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pH = 7

43
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where is the equivalence point for a weak acid/strong base titration

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pH > 7

reaction between weak acid a strong base produces weak conjugate base and VERY weak conjugate acid –> greater concentration of [-OH] at equilibrium

44
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where is the equivalence point for a strong acid/weak base titation

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pH < 7

rxn between strong acid and weak base produces weak conjugate acid and VERY weak conjugate base –> greater concentration of [H+] at equilibrium

45
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where is the equivalence point of a weak acid/weak base titration

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near neutral pH

both species will partially dissociate

46
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what is a half equivalence point

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point on a titration curve where half of a given species has been protonated/deprotonated

47
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what is a buffer solution made of

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a weak acid/base and its salt

ex: acetic acid (CH3COOH) and sodium acetate (Ch3COO-Na+)
ammonia (NH3) and ammonium chloride (NH4+Cl-)

48
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what is useful about a buffer

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resist changes in pH when small amounts of acid/base are added to the solution and can neutralize additions of charged compounds

49
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equation for pH of a weak acid buffer solution

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pH = pKa + log [A-] / [HA]

50
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equation for pOH of a weak base buffer solution

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pOH = pKb + log [B+] / [BOH]

51
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what is the pH or pOH when [acid/base] = [conjugate]

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log [1] = 0 so…

  • pH = pKa
  • pOH= pKb
52
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what is the buffering capacity and how does it change?

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it is the ability to which the buffer system can resist changes in pH

increase with higher concentration ratios of acid/base to conjugate and decreased with lower concentrations

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