Strength of Acids & Bases Acid and base strength is measured on the pH scale: pH ranges from 0-14 (typically) pH less than 7 is acidic pH greater than 7 is basic pH equal to 7 is neutral Stronger acid Stronger base See page 3 of data booklet.

Each decrease of 1 on the pH scale is 10x more acidic e.g. pH 4 is times more acidic than pH 5 10 pH 3 is times more acidic than pH 6 1000 pH 2 is times more acidic than pH 7 100000 Using your data booklet, how much more acidic are… lemons than tomatoes? Stomach acid than bananas? 100 x 10000 x

Note: Square brackets [ ] = concentration As pH goes up, [H+] goes down As pH goes up, [OH-] goes up As [H+] goes up, [OH-] goes down Refer to diagram in data booklet.

Naming Acids Some common acid names are in your data booklet (p. 5) How do you name the rest?

Hydro, -IC or -OUS? If the anion name ends in ide: the acid name starts with hydro and ends with ic acid. eg: HCl: Cl- is chloride. So HCl is hydrochloric acid. If the anion name ends in ate: the acid name ends with ic acid; no hydro prefix. eg: HNO3: NO3- is nitrate. So HNO3 is nitric acid. If the anion name ends in ite: the acid name ends with ous acid; no hydro prefix. eg: HNO2: NO2- is nitrite. So HNO2 is nitrous acid.

Assignment Homework: Workbook Pages 85 & 86