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Can acids contain OH-? [closed]
Given that a solution contains $\ce{OH-}$ ions can we sufficiently determine the substance is a base? From my understanding, an acid may still contain $\ce{OH-}$ ions. However, the concentration of $\...
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Can ions be acids or bases?
Consider a sulfate ion, its considered a weak base. Yet I thought bases and acids were compounds meaning they were always electrically neutral? Why is a sulfate ion then considered a base? And how ...
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Why does acetate ion react with water? [closed]
When NaCl is added to water, it dissociates into $\rm{Na^+}$ and $\rm{Cl^-}$. The newly formed $\rm{Na^+}$ and $\rm{Cl^-}$ do not react with water.
When $\rm{CH_3COONa}$ (sodium acetate) is added to ...
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Why doesn't base/acid reacting with water create a salt?
An acid/base nwutralization will create a salt + water. If one uses water itself as the acid or base, and have an acid/base neutralization, how come that doesn't create a salt?
For example:$$ \ce{HCN(...
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Basic behavior of ammonia in aqueous medium [closed]
Thanks to the reversible reaction
$$\ce{NH3 + H2O <=> NH4+ + OH-},\tag{R1}$$
we know that ammonia acts as a weak base. However, I was wondering why it ends up forming ammonium $\ce{NH4+}$ and ...
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How to make acetic acid more volatile so that it can be removed by vigorous aeration of an acetic acid-water mixture? [closed]
I want to remove acetic acid from a mixture of acetic acid and water by aeration. The concentration of acetic acid is 200 ppm (mg/L). The pH of the water is more than 5. I want to reduce the acetic ...
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How to decrease the percent of ammonia that is converted to the ammonium ion in water? [closed]
Ammonia is a weak base that reacts with water according to this equation:
NH3(aq) + H2O(l) ⇌ NH4+(aq) + OH −(aq)
Will Fe(NO3)3 decrease the ...
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What is the pH of HCl solution at $10^{-8}$M? [duplicate]
After using the negative logarithmic value of $\ce{H^+}$ ion concentration, I get a value of pH that results in base. Can you please help me?
Thank you in advance
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Are aspartic acid and glutamic acid at physiological pH present in zwitterionic form?
I am wondering whether aspartic acid and glutamic acid at physiological pH are present in zwitterionic form? In my textbook it says that all aminoacids at $\textrm{p}H$ of 7.4 or 7 are in zwitterion ...
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How does the HCl-KCl Buffer work?
I have just been studying the $\ce{HCl}$-$\ce{KCl}$ 'buffer', but there are still quite a few things I am uncertain about. I would appreciate any help in clearing up some questions I have.
What I ...
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How was it concluded that the H3O+ rather than H+ is the "acid" ion?
I suspect that initially, scientists believed that the acid ion was $\ce{H^+}$ since $\ce{H2}$ is released through electrolysis, right? But what experiment was done to change the standpoint to assume ...
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How does one classify aqueous solutions of ions as acidic, basic and neutral?
The following is a homework question:
Classify the aqueous solutions of the following ions as acidic, basic or neutral:
$\ce{C6H5NH3+, Cl- , Fe^3+ , Mg^2+ , HSO4- , NO3- , NH4+ , Al^3+...
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What do we call ions without basic and acidic properties
According to Brønsted theory,
Acids are substances (molecules and ions) donating $\ce{H+}$
Bases are substances (molecules and ions) receiving $\ce{H+}$
I've been trying to find a complete Brønsted-...
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Why is the inside of a cell both more acidic and more negative than its environment?
In a very simplistic way of thinking, an acidic solution has more positively charged $\ce{H+}$ ions present, whereas a basic solution has more negatively charged $\ce{OH-}$ ions present.
Can that be ...
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Enthalpy change of chromate-dichromate reaction
I am a uni study doing chemistry. I have taken a little bit in highschool before, but not in a while.
In a (nonassessed) practical, we have to predict how heating a chromate/dichromate solution:
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Is aluminium amphoteric?
In my book it says that aluminium can react with water as a base when it's in the form $\ce{[Al(OH)2(OH2)4]^+}$.
And this way as an acid: $\ce{[Al(OH2)_6]^3+}$.
So ... does it depend on with which ...
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Calculating the pH of a mixture of Na2HPO4 and Na3PO4?
I know there are more questions about this on the forum, but I was just wondering: when we mix both solutions, would we have to consider the equilibria corresponding to $\mathrm{p}K_\mathrm{a2}$ and $\...
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Can other molecules than H+ cause a kind of acid reaction?
In our body there are plenty of other positive ions like $\ce{Na+, K+}$ and $\ce{Ca^2+}$. Can they have a similar acid reaction as $\ce{H+}$ ions can do? If not why is just $\ce{H+}$ considered as ...
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Effect of pH on volatility (odor) of organic acid
Based on two assumptions:
Ionic solutes can generally be considered nonvolatile
As the pH of a solution of organic acid is increased, an increasing percentage of it is deprotonated, or ionized (...
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Is H+ (in an aqueous solution) = H3O+? [duplicate]
I was learning about autoionization in science and my science teacher wrote $\ce{H3O+}$ as $\ce{H+}$ — now, my intuition would lead me to assume that:
$$\ce{H3O+} = \ce{H+}$$
But, $\ce{H+}$ is just ...
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Is the concentration of negative ions always equal to that of positive ions?
Is there any way in which a solution can have more negative charge than positive charge, or vice versa? For example, in the context of acid-base chemistry, is there any scenario in which $[\ce{H+}]\ne[...
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Reversibility of an acid's reaction with water depending on its strength
This is how my chemistry professor compared reaction of a weak and a strong acid with water:
$$\ce{HCl + H2O -> H3O+ + Cl- + Heat}$$
In this case $\ce{H2O}$ breaks the bond between $\ce{H}$ ...
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Can H4O 2+ form?
Like $\ce{NH4+}$ ,Is there any possibility of formation of $\ce{H4O^{2+}}$ (of tetrahedral structure)?
My theory is: it can be formed by osmosis setup where heavy acids like $\ce{H3PO4}$ or $\ce{...
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Why quaternary nitrogen but not tertiary oxygen?
Why do quaternary ammonium ions with a partially positive nitrogen form fairly readily and are often stable but tertiary oxygens, apparently called oxonium ions, are more rare/less stable? The trend ...
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hydroxide ion in water -- How does the dynamic change?
It's well known that $\ce{H+}$ ions in water always form $\ce{H3O+}$ ions. Likewise, $\ce{OH-}$ should exist always as $\ce{H3O2-}$ ion. If I am correct at this point, how would the dynamics be ...
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Is it possible for monobasic and dibasic potassium phosphate to complete break down into phosphates? [closed]
Here is the picture of monobasic potassium phosphate:
And here is the picture of dibasic potassium phosphate:
Is it possible for the phosphorous-containing anions to further break down into ...
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Understanding a passage related to salt buffer
Passage from my textbook:
Are reactions possible among any of the solution components; is so, what is their stoichiometry?
Suppose that you are asked to calculate $[\ce{OH-}]$ in a solution that is ...
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What is the reason for strong acids/bases dissociating in water?
I have read that the actual definition of a strong acid is one which will fully dissociate in water, so please do not turn the problem on its head when answering. It is also my understanding that ...
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Why does the ionic product of water remain constant after addition of non-neutral solute?
In my textbook, it is given that the ionic product of water $K_\mathrm{w}$ remains constant even when a non-neutral solute such as an acid is added to it.
$$K_\mathrm{w} = \ce{[H3O+][OH-]}$$
When a ...
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Acidity of oxonium ion
How was the pKa value (-1.7) for the oxonium ion determined? Why does it correspond to the minimum pH value accessible in water? What reaction does it represent?
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