Chapter 15
Chapter 15
Chapter 15
Acids and Bases
Objectives
By the end of this chapter you should
be able to:
Calculate pH of solution
• In pure water, a few molecules act as bases and a few act as acids. This is referred to as
autoionization of water
H2O(l) + H2O(l) H3O+(aq) + OH−(aq)
acid (1) + base (2) acid (2) + base (1)
• The equilibrium constant expression for this process is
Kc = [H3O+] [OH−] = [H+] [OH−]
• This special equilibrium constant is referred to as the ion-product constant for water, Kw
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Acidic Basic
Increase the acidity Increase the basisty
Neutral
[H+]>[OH-] [H+] = [OH-] [OH-]>[H+]
pH < 7 pH = pOH = 7 pH >7
Kw / [H3O+]
[H3O ] +
[OH-]
Kw / [OH-]
14 - pH
pH pOH
14 - pOH
pH + pOH = pKw = 14
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Example 3 What is the pH ?
a) The [H+]=3.2 x 10–4 M
b) The [H+]=1.0 x 10–3 M
a) pH = −log [H3O+] = −log 3.2 x 10–4 = 3.49
b) pH = −log 1.0 x 10–3 = 3.00
[H3O+] increase, pH decrease >>> more acidic
Example 4 The [H+] = 0.76 M in nitric acid solution. What is the pH?
pH = −log [H3O+] = −log 0.76 = 0.12
[H3O+] = 10-3.33
pH + pOH = 14
pH = 14 – pOHcopyright
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6.6 = 7.4
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