Acid Base Make-Up

Color/Taste/Feel

100

Acids Taste

SOUR

200

BASES taste

BITTER

300

Acids turn Litmus paper

RED

400

Bases turn Litmus paper

BLUE

500

Bases feel

SLIPPERY

pH

100

The pH of a substance is the measure of its

hydronium ion concentration

200

A solution that is mildly acidic would have a pH of

-2

-4

-6

6

slightly

300

What is the concentration of OH in pure water?

10^-7 M

400

Solution whose pH is 10

basic

500

Solution with pH of 4

acidic

Definitions

100

You can make a solute dissolve more quickly by

heating the solvent

200

An unsaturated solution is 

a solution that is not full of solute

can dissolve more at current conditions

300

Acetic acid can be found in

vinegar

400

Acids react with

bases to make salt and water

500

An acid base titration involves

neutralization reaction

Acid/Base

100

Which is a base

- ammonia

- vinegar

- HCl in water

Household Ammonia

Used for cleaning

200

Which is a base?

-lemon

-baking soda

- aspirin

Baking soda

lemons and aspirin are both acidic

300

What acid is used in batteries?

sulfuric acid

400

Traditional definitions of acids/bases were derived from

Arrhenius

500

What acid is produced in the stomach?

Hydrochloric acid

Calculations

100

[H+] = 1.7X10^-3 what is the pH

2.77

200

[H+] = 8.26 X 10^-5 

What is the pH?

4.083

300

If the pH is 12.4 what is the hydroxide ion concentration?

0.025 or 2.5^-2 

400

Range of the pH scale

0 - 14

500

Solution with a pH of 7

Neutral