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1
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When is a reaction equilibrium

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When the concentrations of reactants and products are constant

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What’s the equilibrium constant

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Has the symbol K

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What does the value of the equilibrium constant give

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Indicates the position of equilibrium

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What does the numerical value of equilibrium constant depend on

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The reaction temperature and is independent of concentration and/or pressure

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What happens to K in endothermic reactions

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A rise in temperature causes in increase in K and yield is increased

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What happens to K in Exothermic reactions

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A rise in temperature causes a decrease in K and yield of product is decreased

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What does a catalyst do to equilibrium constant

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Does not affect the value of the equilibrium constant

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What’s dynamic equilibrium

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Is when the rates of two opposing processes become equal

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What’s a closed system

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Has no exchange of matter or energy with its surroundings, must be the case for equilibrium to take place

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In equilibrium what is the rate of the forward reaction equal to

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The rate of the reverse reaction

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What is le chateliers principle

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If a system is at equilibrium and a change is made in any of the conditions then the system responds to counteract the change as much as possible

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What does a catalyst do to equilibrium

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Speeds up the rate at which equilibrium is achieve but has no effect on the position

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What does increasing the concentration of reactants do

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Moves equilibrium to the right

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What does increasing concentration of products do

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Moves equilibrium to the left

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What does increasing temperature do

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Equilibrium shifts direction to the endothermic side

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What does decreasing temperature do

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Equilibrium shifts to direction of Exothermic reaction

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What’s the equilibrium constant formula

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aA +bB - cC +dD k=[C]c[D]d/ [A]a[B]b

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18
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What’s homogeneous equilibrium

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All the species are in the same gaseous phase

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What’s heterogeneous equilibrium

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The species are in more than one phase

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What’s the value given to pure solids or liquids acting as solvents in equilibrium reaction

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1

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21
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What are equilibrium constants independent of

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Concentrations or partial pressures of species in any given reaction

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What’s the ratio of reactants and products when there is a low and high value of K

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High K-more product
Low K-more reactant

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Where does equilibrium lie when k is bigger, less and equal to one

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Bigger lies more to the right
Less lies more to the left
Equal favours neither reactants or products

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What does knowing the value of constant allow us to do

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-Determine the direction in which a reaction will proceed to achieve equilibrium
-The ratio of the concentrations of reactants and products when equilibrium is reached

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What happens to K at high and low temperatures

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At high temps products are favoured so K increases
At low temps reactants are favoured so K decreases

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What does a catalyst do to equilibrium

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Speeds up the rates of the forward and reverse reactions by an alternative reaction pathway with lower activation energy

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What’s the Brønsted-Lowry definition

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States that an acid is a proton donor and a base is a proton acceptor

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28
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What is there for every acid and base

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For every acid there is a conjugate base formed by the loss of a proton
For every base there is a conjugate acid formed by the gain of a proton

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29
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In water and aqueous solutions what is there an equilibrium between

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Water molecules and hydronium and hydroxide ions

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30
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What is the equation for the equilibrium in water and aqueous solutions

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H2O(l) + H2O(l) <=> H3O+(aq) + OH-(aq)

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How can water be described

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As amphoteric and can act as an acid or base

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32
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What is Kw

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The dissociation constant for the ionisation of water and known as the ionic product

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33
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What is the value of Kw

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Varies with temperature and at 25 degrees it is 1x10 to the -14

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34
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What is the relationship between ph and hydrogen ion concentration given by

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pH= -log10[H3O+]
And [H3O+]= 10 the the -ph

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35
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In water and aqueous solutions with a ph of 7 the conc of H3O+ and OH- is what

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10 to the -7 at 25 degrees

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36
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How to calculate the concentration of the other ion if either H3O+ or OH- is known

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Calculate Kw using
pH+pOH=14

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37
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What are hydronium ions

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H+ ions

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38
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Describe an acid

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Proton donor and when it donates the species left is called a conjugate base

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Describe a base

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Proton acceptor and when it accepts a proton the species formed is a conjugate acid

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40
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What’s the ionic product

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The dissociation constant for the ionisation of water, Kw

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What is the Kw formula

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Kw=[H3O+(aq)][OH-(aq)]

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What is the ph scale

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Gives a measure of the concentration of hydrogen ions in am aqueous solution

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How can the ph of any aqueous solution be calculated

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pH= -log10[H3O+] and [H3O+] = 10 to the -pH

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What is the ph scale and what does it mean

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A logarithmic scale meaning any change in pH unit requires a factor of 10 change in the hydrogen ion concentration

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What do strong acids and bases do

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Fully dissociate in water to ions

46
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What do weak acids and bases do

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Only dissociate partially in water to ions

47
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What are examples of strong acids and bases

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Acids- nitric, sulfuric and hydrochloric acid
Base-sodium and potassium hydroxide

48
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What are examples of weak acid and bases

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Acids- ethanoic, carbonic and sulfurous acid
Base- ammonia and amines

49
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What’s the formula for finding the pH of strong acids and bases

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pH＝-log10[H＋]

50
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What’s a monoprotic or mono basic acid

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Any weak or strong acid which is capable of donating only one hydrogen ion per molecule

51
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What’s a diprotic or dibasic acid

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An acid hitch can donate two hydrogen ions per molecule

52
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What is the degree of ionisation definition

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The ability of the non-ionised acid molecule to produce hydrogen ions

53
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When do acids tend to be stronger

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The more the acid can produce hydrogen ions.
Tend to be lab acids
They fully dissociate in water meaning there is a one way arrow in the equation

54
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What happens when water is added to an acid

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Strength is not related to the concentration of the acid. More water will produce a more dilute acid but will not alter the strength of the acid

55
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Where do you find weak acids

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In equilibrium mixtures of non ionised acid molecules, hydrogen ions and the conjugate base of the acid

56
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What are examples of weak acids

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Most carboxylic acids, ethanoic acid

57
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Describe ethanoic acid

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The acidic hydrogen atom is the one bonding to the oxygen atom, only some of the ethanoic acid molecules dissociate into ions, it’s a weak monoprotic acid

58
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What is classified as a base

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Any substance that reacts with an acid and accepts the proton from the acid

59
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What is a soluble base called

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Alkali as it will produce hydroxide ions when in an aqueous solution

60
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What is the rule between alkali and bases

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All alkalis are bases but not all bases are alkali

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What is a strong base and examples

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A string base dissociates completely in aqueous solution. Strong bases are typically group 1 metal hydroxides e.g sodium hydroxide

62
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What are weak bases and examples

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Weak bases only partially dissociate in aqueous solutions. Ammonia and amino alkanes are examples

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How do you tell the difference between weak and strong acid and bases by an equation

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Weak have equilibrium arrow (two)
Strong only have one arrow in the equation

64
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For acids and bases that ionise fully what can be determined

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The H+ or OH- can be determined from the initial concentration of the acid or base

65
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What’s the formula for strong acids

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PH= -log10[H+]
[H+]=10 to the -ph

66
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What’s the formula for strong bases

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Kw=[H+][OH-]

67
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What’s the acid dissociation constant formula

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Ka= [products]/[reactants]=[H+][A-]/[HA] or by pKa=-log10Ka

68
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How is the approximate pH of a weak acid found

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pH= 1/2pKa - 1/2log10c

69
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Describe equimolar solutions of weak and strong acids or bases

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Have different pH values, conductivity and reaction rates, but the stoichiometry of reactions are the same

70
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How is a neutral solution formed from a soluble salt

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A soluble salt of a strong parent acid or strong parent base dissolves in water

71
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How is an alkaline solution formed from a soluble salt

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A soluble salt of a weak parent acid a strong parent base dissolves in water

72
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How is an acidic solution formed from a soluble salt

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A soluble salt of a strong parent acid and a weak parent base dissolves in water to produce an acidic solution

73
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What is the equation formula for acid dissociation constant

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HA(aq) equilibrium arrows H3O+ (aq) + A- (aq) use this to put into the formula Ka=[H+][A-]/ [HA]

74
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What is the symbol c in acid dissociation constant

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The original acid concentration which is [HA]

75
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Describe ammonia

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Weak base and is polar covalent gas molecule that dissolves readily in water a small amount of its molecules reacts with water to produce hydroxide ions

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What happens the weaker the base is

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The weaker the base is the stronger the conjugate acid that will be formed with a higher Ka value in other words the conjugate acid of a weak base is a strong acid

77
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What do strong acids with greater dissociation have

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Greater concentration of hydrogen ions and so have a lower ph and Greater conductivity

78
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Compare weak and strong bases

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Weak bases produce fewer OH- ions and therefore less alkaline than strong bases of equal concentration. Weak bases have a lower ph and therefore conductivity

79
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What does the pH of a salt solution depend on

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The strength of the parent acid and parent base from which it was formed

80
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What are all salts

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All salts are strong electrolytes and dissociate completely in solution

81
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What is the ph of a solution of a salt of a weak acid and a strong base

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Ph greater than 7

82
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What is the ph of a solution of a salt of a strong acid and weak base

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Ph less than 7

83
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What is a buffer solution

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A buffer solution is one in which the pH remains approximately constant when small amounts of acid or base are added

84
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What does an acid buffer consist of

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Consists of a solution of a weak acid and one of its salts

85
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What does a basic buffer consist of

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Consists of a solution of a weak base and one of it’s salts

86
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How can the required composition of an acid buffer solution be calculated

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From the desired ph and the acid dissociation constant

87
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What’s the formula for calculating the approximate ph of an acid buffer solution

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pH= pKa-log10 x [acid]/[salt]

88
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What are indicators

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Weak acids and represented as Hln (aq) + H2O (l) ea H3O+ (aq) + ln- (aq)

89
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In an aqueous solution what is the colour of the acid

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The colour of the acid is distinctly different from that of it’s conjugate base

90
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How is the colour of an indicator determined

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The ratio of [Hln] to [ln-]

91
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What is the theoretical point at which colour change occurs

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[H3O+]=Kln

92
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When is colour change distinguishable

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When [Hln] and [ln-] differ by a factor of 10

93
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What’s the pH range over which colour change occurs

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Estimated by pH=pKln + or - 1

94
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How are buffer solutions defined

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As solutions that resist the change in pH, remain constant on adding small amounts of acid or base or by diluting the solution with water

95
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What are uses if bufffers

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Skin creams

96
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What are the two types of buffers

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Acid buffers and basic buffers

97
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What’s an acid buffer

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The solution contains a mixture of weak acid and its conjugate base the ph is lower than 7

98
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Whats a basic buffer

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A solution that contains a mixture of a weak base and its conjugate acid the ph id higher than 7

99
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What equation represents a buffer

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The equilibrium equation, HA ea H+ = A-
HA is the acid
H+ is the conjugate acid
A- is the conjugate base

100
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What must a buffer do to stabilise the ph of a solution

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Must be able to react with added OH and H ions

101
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Learn how to do all k calculations

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102
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What are indicators

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Are weak acids or bases that are able to give a measure of the pH of a solution by their colour represented as Hln (aq) + H2O+ ea H3O+ + Ln- (aq)

103
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What must be considered when deciding which indicator to use in a trait ration

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The equivalence point

104
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What is the equivalence point

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Is the point in a titration where the amount of titration added is enough to neutralise the analyse solution completely

105
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What indicates the type of titration

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The shape of the curve, the vertical region of the curve shows where there is a rapid change in ph and shows the equivalent point

106
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How do you figure out a suitable indicator

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For a strong acid strong base titration between ph 3 to 10
Weak acid strong base ph 7 to 10
Strong acid weak base ph 3 to 8
Weak acid weak base need a ph meter to produce a titration curve

107
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What does the equivalence point depend on

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The strength of the acid and base used and the nature of the alt formed at the end point

108
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What does the indicator colour during a titration depend on

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The concentration of non ionised indicator molecules [Hln] and the conjugate base molecules [ln-]

109
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What indicator is suitable for a weak acid weak base titration

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No suitable indicator

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