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Topic 16 Learning Objectives

Be able to:

Define, compare and contrast, classify, differentiate, put in order, predict using, identify correct and incorrect examples of, identify correct and incorrect interpretations of, identify correct and incorrect applications of…the following terms:

         acid
   
     base
   
     Arrhenius acid
   
     Arrhenius base
   
     strong acid
   
     weak base
   
     Brnstead-Lowry acid
   
     Brnstead-Lowry base
   
     conjugate acid
   
     conjugate base
   
     Lewis acid
   
     Lewis base
   
     autoionization
   
     ion-product constant for water
   
     pH
   
     pOH

 

Identify the properties of acids and bases

Identify strong acids and strong bases

Describe the unique quality of the hydrogen ion in water that makes it different from all other aqueous cations

Discuss the evidence for the Arrhenius theory

Discuss the drawbacks to the Arrhenius theory, how the Brnstead-Lowry concept developed as a result of these drawbacks, and compare the Arrhenius concept and the Brnstead-Lowry concept

Write the formulas for conjugate acids and conjugate bases

Identify conjugate acids and bases

Discuss the drawbacks to the Brnstead-Lowry concept, how the Lewis concept developed as a result of these drawbacks, and compare the Brnstead-Lowry concept and the Lewis concept

Identify Lewis acids and Lewis bases

Give the relationship between [H+] and Arrhenius definitions of acids and bases

Calculate the concentrations of H+ and OH- for aqueous solutions of strong acids or strong bases

Give the relationship between pH and pOH and Arrhenius definitions of acids and bases

Calculate pH and pOH from molar concentrations

Calculate [H+] and [OH-] from pH and pOH