Test 1 (13 - 24) Flashcards
Water ion constant
You can also use it to calculate the H30^+ or OH^- in the solution.
[OH^-] = Kw / [H3O^+]
[H3O^+] = Kw / [OH^-]
How to know if a solution is acidic, basic or neutral?
How to get pH?
Acid:
- Log of [H3O^+]
=pH
Base:
- log of [OH^-]
=pOH
14 - pOH
=pH
What are indicators?
compounds that dramatically change color when the
pH of the solution changes.
frequently weak acids or weak bases, which protonated (conjugate acid form) and deprotonated (conjugate base form) forms have different colors.
Indicators, K constant and what is prevalent/dominating in which solution?
In an acidic solution the protonated form (HIn) is prevalent, wheras in a basic solutions the deprotonated form (In-) is dominating.
How pk is obtained for indicators
Indicator equilibrium shifting when H3O^+ is added and when OH^- is added
What are buffers?
A buffer solution is a solution that maintains pH by neutralizing
added acid or bases.
What is buffer capacity?
quantity (number of moles) of
strong acid or base that must be
added to change the pH of one
liter of buffer solution by one pH
unit.
What is an acidic buffer?
a weak acid (HA) and its conjugate base (A−)
What is a basic buffer?
a weak base (B) and its conjugate acid (BH+)
How to calculate pH of a acidic buffer?
How to calculate pH of a basic buffer?
Then later 14 - pOH = pH
What are electrolytes?
after dissolving in water they separate into ions that conduct electricity
What are nonelectrolytes?
dissolve in water as molecules, not as ions, their solutions do not conduct electricity.
Strong and weak electrolytes
Weak electrolytes have a dissociation degree (a) of a <0,05
Weak acids and bases
Strong electrolytes have a dissociation degree 0,3 < a <1
Salts, strong acids and bases
How can you calculate the dissociation degree (a) of electrolytes?
a = n/n0
or
a = n/n0 * 100%
n = number of moles of original solute molecules that have dissociated
n0 = number of moles of original solute molecules (total)
Electrolytes classification(with qualities)