week 2 Flashcards
arrhenious acid
substance that dissacociates in water to create H+ ions
arrehenious base
substance that dissacosiates in water to produce OH- ions
brownstead-lowry acid
substance that can transfer H+ ions
browntead-lowry acid
substance that can accept H+ ions
conjugate acid-base pairs
chemical species whos formulas differ only by one H+ ion
when acid is added to water, H2O serves as the BLANK
base
when base is added to water, H2O serves as the BLANK
acid
pH less than 7
acidic
weak acid
an acid that is only partially dissacosiated in water and is thus a weak electrolight
pH = 7
neutral
pH bigger than 7
basic
acid-base indicator
a substance that changes color in a specific pH range. indicators exhibit pH-dependant color changes because they are weak acids and have differnt colors in their acid and conjigate base
the larger the Ka the BLANK the acid
stronger
% dissacosiated acid =
= concentration of acid dissasociated/concentration of acid innitial x 100%
polyprotic acids
acids that have more than one hydrogen on it that can make an acid
lewis acid
electron pair acceptor
lewis base
electron pair donor
common ion effect
the shift in position of an equilibrium on addition of a substance that provides an ion in common with one of the ions already involved in the equilibrium (similar/related to la chatelier’s principle)
buffer solution
a solution that contains a weak acid and its conjigate base and resists drastic changes in pH
titration
a procedure for determining the concentration of a solution by allowing a carefully measured volume to react with a solution of another substance (the standard solution) whos concentration is known
equivalence point
the point at which stoichiometrically equivalent quantities of acid and base have been mixed together. pH changes A LOT at the equivalence point
spontaneous process
a proces that, once started, proceds on its own without a continuous external influence
state function
a function or property whos value depends only on the present state or condition of the system, not on the path used to arrive at that state
enthalpy change (delta H)
the heat change in a reaction or process at constant pressure