Monday, December 7, 2009

More A/B stuff

The unit at a glance:

Find the pH of
 - strong acid and/or base
 -weak acid and/or base
 -acidic/basic salt

Find the pH of
 - buffer (no ICE)
 -buffer after being upset with a small amount of strong acid/strong base (ICE needed)

Collection of neutralization type reactions : acid + base --> salt + water
-begin as a neutralization reaction, may evolve into a buffer or pH of a salt type question
for the statements below:
strong = strong acid or strong base
weak = weak acid or weak base

strong + strong --> neutral salt + water
 if only products, pH = 7 (neutral salt and water)
 if excess= strong, determine moles leftover, total voluem, calc conc then pH

strong + weak --> salt and water
-if all reactant consumed (equiv point) only product salt leftover, determine moles of salt, total volume, get conc, then question becomes llbm type for pH of salt (ICE chart required)
-if reactant weak leftover, then weak + salt = buffer question, set llbm for weak A/B buffer, need total volume and resulting con of weak and salt
-if reactant strong leftover, determine moles of strong leftover, total volume, then pH (can ignore weak A/B salt, insignificant compared to strong)

From today - p614 - 6 & 9
Don't forget % ionization and the remaining questions on the buffer/titration/neutalization handout (complete solutions on moodle)