Acids and Bases
Key Terms
Words that can be used as topics in essays:
acid-base indicator
acidic oxide
amphoteric substance
Arrhenius acid, base
autoionization
basic oxide
Brønsted-Lowry acid, base
buffer
carboxyl group
common ion effect
conjugate acid, base
equivalence point
hydronium ion
ion-product constant
Lewis acid, base
neutralization
organic acids
oxyacids
percent ionization
pH
pOH
polyprotic acid
salt
salt hydrolysis
strong acid, base
weak acid, base
Key Concepts
Equations and relationships that you need to know:
- pH = −log[H+]
pOH = −log[OH–]
Kw= [H+][OH–] = 10–14= Ka⋅Kb
pKw=pH + pOH = 14 (exact)
Kaqaqaq
H
HA
A
a=+for the equation HA EH A
+-
+-
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pKa= −logKa
pH pKKlog log
conjugate acid
conjugate base
p HA
A
=+aa=+
7
7
6
7
A
A
@
A
K B aq l aq aq
BH OH
b=++for the equation B H O 2 EBH OH
+-
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