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Acids and Bases. ACIDS Taste sour Turn litmus React with active metals – Fe, Zn React with bases. BASES Taste bitter Turn litmus Feel soapy or slippery (react with fats to make soap) React with acids. General properties. Definitions. Acids – produce H + Bases - produce OH -
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ACIDS Taste sour Turn litmus React with active metals – Fe, Zn React with bases BASES Taste bitter Turn litmus Feel soapy or slippery (react with fats to make soap) React with acids General properties
Definitions • Acids – produce H+ • Bases - produce OH- • Acids – donate H+ • Bases – accept H+ • Acids – accept e- pair • Bases – donate e- pair Arrehenius only in water Bronsted-Lowry any solvent Lewis used in organic chemistry, wider range of substances
Examples Arrhenius NaOH HCl Bronsted-Lowry NH3 HCl NH3 BF3 Lewis The hydrogen ion in aqueous solution H+ + H2O H3O+ (hydronium ion)
The Bronsted-Lowry Concept Conjugate pairs CH3COOHCH3COO- HCl Cl- NH4+NH3 HNO3NO3- How does a conjugate pair differ? H+transfer
Neutralization In general: Acid + Base Salt + Water double displacement reactions. HCl + NaOH NaCl + HO H HCl + Mg(OH)2 H2SO4 + NaHCO3
Concentration and Strength • Concentration: • Molarity (M) • Moles of solute per liter of solution • Strength • Degree of dissociation • How much the ions split when it dissolves
Let’s examine the behavior of an acid, HA, in aqueous solution. HA What happens to the HA molecules in solution?
100% dissociation of HA HA H+ Strong Acid A- Would the solution be conductive?
Partial dissociation of HA HA H+ Weak Acid A- Would the solution be conductive?
HA H+ + A- HA H+ Weak Acid A- At any one time, only a fraction of the molecules are dissociated.
Strong and Weak Acids/Bases Strong acids/bases – 100% dissociation into ions HClNaOH HNO3KOH H2SO4 Weak acids/bases – partial dissociation, both ions and molecules CH3COOHNH3
acid rain (NOx, SOx) pH of 4.2 - 4.4 in Washington DC area pH 0-14 scale for the chemists 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 acidic (H+) > (OH-) neutral @ 25oC (H+) = (OH-) distilled water basic or alkaline (H+) < (OH-) normal rain (CO2) pH = 5.3 – 5.7 fish populations drop off pH < 6 and to zero pH < 5 natural waters pH = 6.5 - 8.5
pH • Measures H+ concentration pH of 1 = 1 x 10-1 M H+ pH of 7 = 1 x 10-7 M H+ pH of 14 = 1 x 10-14 M H+
pH indicators • Change color based on pH of the solution • Litmus Paper • Phenolphthalein • pH range 1-8.2 = colorless • pH range 8.3-10 = pink color
- H+ + H+ When life goes either way amphoteric (amphiprotic) substances Acting like a base Acting like an acid HCO3- H2CO3 CO3-2 accepts H+ donates H+
- H+ + H+ Show how water can be amphoteric. H2O