Types of Acid/Base
Writing Ka and Kb
Strong Acid/Base Questions
Weak Acid/Base Questions
Miscellaneous
100

Is HCl an acid or a base, and is it strong or weak?


What is an acid, and strong? 

100

What does Ka represent in acid-base chemistry? What does it tell you at equilibrium? 

What is the acid dissociation constant for a weak acid, and tells the concentration of hydronium and other products at equilibrium 

100

What is the difference between a strong acid and a weak acid?


What is a strong acid dissociates completely in water, while a weak acid only partially dissociates?

100

If I have a very high pKb value, the substance is very: basic or acidic? 

What is acidic? 

100

finish the lyric: 

"Just a small town girl..."

What is "...living in a lonely world..."

200

Is NH₃ an acid or a base, and what type of base is it: Arrhenius, Bronsted, or Lewis? 

What is a base, and it is a Bronsted-Lowry base?

200

I have an acid with a Ka of 4.3 and another acid with a Ka of 10.4, who is the stronger acid? The first acid with 4.3 or the second acid with 10.4? 

What is the second acid with 10.4? 

200

Calculate the pH of a 0.1 M solution of HCl

What is pH = 1?

200

The acid dissociation constant for acetic acid is 1.75×10−5, How do you calculate pKb from Ka?

what is 9.2

200

Where was the first plane hijacking in Texas? 

What is El Paso? 

300

What type of acid is H₂SO₄ (sulfuric acid), and is it strong or weak?


What is a strong acid, and it is a Bronsted-Lowry acid?

300

What is the Ka expression for Formic Acid? 

What is Ka=

 [CHOO-][H+]/[CHOOH]

300

What is the pH of a 0.05 M HNO₃ solution?

What is 12.7? 

300

A solution contains 0.100 M of NH₃ (ammonia), a weak base. Given that Kb=1.8×10−5, determine the pKb and the pKa of its conjugate acid, NH₄⁺.

What is pKb = 4.74, and pKa = 9.26?

300

What is Dr. Becvar's first name? 

What is James "Jimy" Becvar? 

400

Is acetic acid a weak acid or a strong acid, and which type of acid is it? Arrhenius, Bronsted, or Lewis? DRAW What it would look like for this acid to react with water 


What is a weak acid, and it is a Bronsted-Lowry acid?

400

What is the Kb of Ammonia? Write the FULL reaction of Ammonia with water, and then the Kb expression. Is water part of the Kb? 

What is 

Kb= [NH4+][OH-]/[NH3]

Water is not because it is a liquid and not part of equilibrium 

400

Calculate the hydroxide ion concentration for a 0.015 M HCl solution. Then, find the pOH and the pH.


What is [OH⁻] = 6.67 × 10⁻¹³ M, pOH = 12.18, and pH = 1.82?

400

A 0.25 M solution of HF (hydrofluoric acid) has a Ka = 6.6*10^-4. Find the pH of the solution.

What is pH ≈ 2.10?

400

When did many seasons of spongebob are there currently? 

What is 15 seasons? 

500

AlCl₃ (aluminum chloride) is a Lewis acid. Explain why and how it behaves as a Lewis acid in Ammonia.

What is a Lewis acid, and it accepts electron pairs?

500

Is the following acid a weak or strong acid? 

the pKa is a very large number 

the pOH is a very small number as well

What is a weak acid? 
500

What is the pH of a 0.05 M NaOH solution? Then, calculate the hydronium ion concentration and pOH.


What is pH = 12.70, [H₃O⁺] = 2.00 × 10⁻¹3 M, and pOH = 1.30?

500

A 0.300 M solution of pyridine C5H5N has a Kb = 1.7*-9. Find the pH of the solution.

What is pH ≈ 9.37?

500

There are 2 college basketball teams in Texas to have won the national championship in division one sports, what are these 2 basketball teams? 

What is the Baylor Bears and UTEP Miners?