Acid Base Chemistry
Acids Taste sour conduct electricity react with zinc or magnesium to produce hydrogen gas turn blue litmus paper red
pH = 0-7 strong acids with concentrations greater than 1.0mol/L will have a negative pH
Bases taste bitter conduct electricity have soapy, slippery feeling turn red litmus paper blue
pH = 7-14 strong bases with concentrations above 1.0mol/L will have a pH above 14
Naming Acids H-”ide” a H-”ick”y “ate” something “ick”y B-”ite” something delici-”ous”
Arrhenius ( ) acids increase the hydrogen ion (H+) concentration in aqueous solution bases increase the hydroxide (OH-) concentration in aqueous solution
Modified Arrhenius acids increase the hydrogen ion (H+) concentration in aqueous solution however because the hydrogen ions are volatile they immediately become hydrated to form H3O+
Hydrogen Ions H atom = 1 proton, 1 electron H+ ion = 1 proton Therefore hydrogen ion = bare proton
Hydronium Ion protons are strongly attracted to the negative end of very polar water molecules H2O + H + H3O +
H + = H3O + Because we don’t know the exact ratio of water to hydrogen molecules we take H3O + to mean hydrogen ions in water (aqueous)
pH Scale measures the relative acidity of a solution pH = “potency power of hydrogen (as hydronium)” logarithmic scale usually from 0-14
pH = -log 10 [H3O + ] [H3O + ] = 10 -pH
Example 1 What is the pH of HCl with a concentration of 8.93x10 -3 M?
Exxample 2 What is the pH of a solution of hydrofluoric acid created by adding 0.500g into 2.00L water?
Example 3 What is the concentration of a monoprotic acid with a pH of 12.22?