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Chapter 15: Solutions of Acids and Bases Flashcards

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Arrhenius acid: a substance that … when dissolved in water

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increases H3O+ concentration

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Arrhenius base: a substance that … when dissolved in water

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increases OH-

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3
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Arrhenius acid-base reaction:

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acid + base → salt + water

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Bronsted-Lowry acid: a

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proton donor

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Bronsted-Lowry base: a

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proton acceptor

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Bronsted-Lowry acid-base reaction:

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acid1 + base2 → acid2 + base1

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lewis acid: an

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electron pair acceptor

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lewis base: an

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electron-pair donor

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9
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lewis acid-base reaction:

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acid + base→adduct

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the arrhenius definition applies only to … solutions and does not describe the behaviors of substances in other … or in …

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aqueous solutions; solvents; gas-phase reactions

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conjugate acid-base pair: related by the … and … of a …

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loss; gain; proton

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amphoteric: a substance that can act either as an

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acid or as a base

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13
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acids and bases react quickly with each other and reach equilibrium at speeds that are often limited by

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how fast the solution is stirred

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14
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arrhenius acids and bases react to form

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water and salts

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15
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for bronsted-lowry: an acid transfers a proton to a base to form the … of the original acid and the …. of the original base

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conjugate base; conjugate acid

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16
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water can react with itself: one water molecule acts as an … while the other acts as a …, resulting in the following reaction: … this is called the … of water

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acid; base; H2O + H2O H3O+ + OH-

autoionization

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17
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at 25 degrees C, Kw is

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1.0 x 10^-14

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18
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hydrogen ion concentration in pure water at 25 degrees C is

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1.0 x 10^-7 M

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19
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pH of pure water is

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7.00

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20
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the sum of the pH and pOH must always be

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14.00 at 25 degrees C

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21
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compounds that ionize or dissociate completely are called

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strong electrolytes

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22
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compounds that dissociate only partially are called

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weak electrolytes

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23
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strong acids … in solution

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ionize completely

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24
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strong acids include:

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HCl, HBr, HI, HNO3, HClO4, H2SO4

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25
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the terms strong and weak refer to the degree of …, not the … or … of the acid

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ionization; reactivity; corrosiveness

26
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strong bases are the soluble compounds that quantitatively produce … when dissolved in water

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hydroxide ion

27
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strong bases are ..

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metal hydroxides

28
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(strong bases) group I hydroxides are …, group II hydroxides are …

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very soluble; less soluble

29
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a weak acid or a weak base is one that does not … when dissolved in water

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ionize completely

30
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weak acids have conjugate bases that are

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relatively strong

31
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weak bases have conjugate acids that are

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relatively strong

32
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if Ka is very large–much, much greater than 1–the acid is …

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strong

33
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whenever an acid reacts with a base, the products are the … of the base and the … of the acid

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conjugate acid; conjugate base

34
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the relative strength of an acid results from a competition for … between the solvent and the conjugate base

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protons

35
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the hydrogen ion is the strongest acid that can exist in

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water

36
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leveling effect: the solvent makes the strong acids appear …, or …, in ..

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equal; level; acidity

37
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analytical concentration: concentration of all the forms of acid, both the …, and the ..

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protonated; conjugate base

38
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Ka for weak acids: HA + H2O H3O+ + A-

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

39
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electrical conductivity is … to the concentrations of the ions

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directly proportional

40
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Kb for weak bases: B + H2O BH+ + OH-

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

41
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weak bases actually react with water, removing a proton and leaving OH- in solution. a term used to describe this reaction is

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hydrolysis

42
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cation is from a strong base, anion from a strong base salt will be

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neutral

43
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cation is from strong base, anion from weak acid, salt is

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basic

44
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cation is conjugate acid of a weak base, anion is from strong acid

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acidic

45
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if cation is from weak base, and anion is from weak acid, pH is dependent on:
= if Ka for the acidic ion is greater than Kb for the basic ion, the solution is …
= if Kb for the basic ion is greater than Ka for the acidic ion, the solution is …
= if Kb for the basic ion is equal to Ka for the acidic ion, the solution is …

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acidic; basic; neutral

46
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cation is a highly charged metal ion, anion is from strong acid, salt is

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acidic

47
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in a solution of weak acids, only the strongest one is important to

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determining the pH of the solution

48
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the contribution by the weaker acid toward the pH of a solution is generally … in comparison with that of a stronger acid

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negligible

49
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ionization of an acid is influenced by: the strength of the … that holds the …, the bond …, changes in the strengths of other bonds that accompany the …, …of the ions produced in the reaction

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bond; proton; polarity; loss of a proton; solvation

50
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binary hydrides are compounds composed of

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two elements, one of which is hydrogen

51
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for binary hydrides, acidity is related to the strength of the … and the stability of the … in solution

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H-A bond; A- ion

52
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orders of bond strength in the series of hydrogen halides is

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HF > HCl > HBr > HI

53
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the stronger the H-A bond the …

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weaker the acid

54
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as you move down a column, the strength of the acid … as bond strength …

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increases; decreases

55
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the more electronegative the atom, the more easily it can accommodate additional

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electron density on the atom

56
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a more electronegative atom results in a

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stronger acid

57
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within any row of the periodic table, the acidities of the binary nonmetal hydrides follow the trend expected on the basis of … and … from left to right

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electronegativity; increase

58
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oxyacids contain …, …, and a ..

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hydrogen; oxygen; third element

59
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in oxyacids, the hydrogen atoms that ionize in oxyacids are always bonded to an

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oxygen atom

60
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the strengths of oxyacids (HOX) increase with increasing

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electronegativity of X

61
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strength of oxyacid also increases if the number of oxygen atoms … in a series due to increases in the …

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increases; stability of the anion produced

62
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a lewis acid must have an empty … available to accept the pair of electrons donated by the base

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orbital

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