Chemistry - Ch 16 Flashcards
Bronsted-Lowry acid
Substance (molecule or ion) that donates a proton to water
Hydronium ion
Interaction of a proton with one water molecule; H3O+ (aq)
Brønsted-Lowry base
Accepts a proton from HCl
Amphiprotic
Substance capable of acting as either an acid or base
Conjugate acid-base pair
acid & base that differ only in the presence or absence of a proton
Conjugate base
Every acid has one, formed by removing a proton from the acid
Conjugate acid
Every base has one, formed by adding a proton to the base
Autoionization
Process by which water spontaneously forms low concentrations of H+ (aq) & OH- (aq) ions by proton transfer from one water molecule to another
Ion-product constant
Kw; equilibrium constant for water
pH
Negative log in base 10 of [H+]
Acid-dissociation constant
Equilibrium constant for the ionization of an acid
Percent ionization
Measure of acid strength; = concentration ionized/original concentration x 100%; stronger the acid, greater this is; could also be expressed as [H+] equilibrium/[HA] initial x 100%
Polyprotic acids
Acids with more than one ionizable H atom
Base-dissociation constant
Kb; equilibrium in which a base reacts with H2O to form the corresponding conjugate acid and OH-
Amines
One or more of the N-H bonds in NH3 is replaced with a bond between N & C