Unit 12 Flashcards
It can increase H+ ion concentration in an aqueous solution
Arrhenius acid
It can increase OH- ion concentration in an aqueous solution
Arrhenius base
It can donates a proton (H+)
Bronsted Lowry acid
It can accept a proton (H+)
Bronsted Lowry base
Acids are the hydrogen-containing compounds which give H+ ions or protons on dissociation in water and bases are the hydroxide compounds which give OH− ions on dissociation in water.
Dissociation
An acid is a proton (H⁺) donor, and a base is a proton acceptor. When a Bronsted–Lowry acid loses a proton, a conjugate base is formed. Similarly, when a Bronsted–Lowry base gains a proton, a conjugate acid is formed.
Ionization
A conjugate acid is formed when a proton is added to a base, and a conjugate base is formed when a proton is removed from an acid.
Conjugate acids/bases
An acid that contains two hydrogen atoms
Diprotic acid
An acid that contains more than two hydrogen atoms
Polyprotic acid
An aqueous cation
Hydronium
The acidity or alkalinity of a solution
Strength
the quantity of a solute that is contained in a particular quantity of solvent or solution
Concentration
Reactivity of a substance with both acids and bases, acting as an acid in the presence of a base and as a base in the presence of an acid
Amphoteric
a substance that can both accept and donate a proton or H+. It has characteristics of both and acid and a base and can act as either
Amphiprotic
The pOH scale is similar to the pH scale in that a pOH of 7 is indicative of a neutral solution. A basic solution has a pOH less than 7, while an acidic solution has a pOH of greater than 7. The pOH is convenient to use when finding the hydroxide ion concentration from a solution with a known pH.
pH and pOH