Acids and Bases
Keywords: acids/bases weak and strong, equilibrium constants, pH
- Acid/base equilibria
- Brønsted definition of acid and base
- Ionization of water
- Kw, its approximate value (Kw =
[H+][OH-] = 10-14 at STP)
- Definition of pH, pH of pure water
- Conjugate acids and bases (e.g., amino acids)
- Strong acids and bases (common examples, e.g., nitric, sulfuric)
- Weak acids and bases (common examples, e.g., acetic, benzoic)
- Dissociation of weak acids and bases with or without added salt
- Hydrolysis of slats of weak acids or bases
- Calculation of pH of solutions of salts of weak acids or bases
- Equilibrium constants Ka, Kb,
pKa, pKb
- buffers
- Definition and concepts (common buffer systems)
- Influence and titration curves
- Acid/base titrations
- Indicators
- Neutralization
- Interpretation of titration curves