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Table of Contents
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CyberEd Chemistry Course Title: Properties of Acids, Bases, and Salts
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Scenes 1 3
1. Handle with Care: this
picture shows familiar
products containing acids
or bases that can cause
injury if used carelessly.
Give some examples of
how to handle such
products safely.
Scene 4
2. Theyre Everywhere: this illustration
shows common products containing
acids or bases that are safe to
consume. Give some examples from
Scene 4.
Scene 5
3. What happens when acids, bases or salts are mixed into water? What are cations
and anions?
Multimedia Examine the role of hydrogen ions and hydroxide ions in acids and
Presentation bases.
Scenes 11 12
1. The Lonely Proton: this picture portrays a
hydrogen atom and a hydrogen ion. Why
are hydrogen ions important for
understanding the properties of acidic
solutions? What is an alternate label for the
hydrogen ion? How is hydrogen different
from all other elements?
Scene 13
2. Mix Up: this illustration
shows different kinds of
mixtures. Explain the
essential concepts of
mixtures in solution and
how these concepts apply
to acid-base chemistry.
Scene 14
Multimedia Study the Arrhenius model for acidic and basic properties.
Presentation
Scenes 15 16
1. Describe in detail how Svante Arrhenius developed his model of acids and bases.
What was Arrhenius definition of an acid and a base?
Scenes 17 18
2. Active Neutrality: this graphic shows
pure liquid water at equilibrium. What
happens at the molecular level to
hydrogen ions in pure liquid water?
What happens when an acid or a base
is added to water?
Scene 19
3. Ions at Equilibrium: this graphic lists steps
in the derivation of the constant, K w .
Describe the derivation of K w and what
the term means.
Scene 20
4. Explain Molarity, using a solution of sodium chloride and the equilibrium of water
self ionization as examples.
Scene 21
5. Measure for Measure: this graphic
shows the equilibrium concentrations
of ions in pure water at 25 degrees
Celsius. Discuss how these values are
used to calculate Kw. What is the
importance of Kw?
Scene 22
6. Review: What basic facts about water are essential to understanding the
properties of acids and bases?
Scenes 24 -- 25
2. Acid-Base Models: this table compares different models for acid-base chemistry.
Supply the appropriate entries to the blank cells. Keep in mind that for the Lewis
model, electron pairs in an acid-base reaction are not given away from base to
acid, they become shared.
Founder Model Illustration Definition of Acid Definition of Base
Scene 26
4. Why is the Lewis model superior to the other two? When is that superiority of little
advantage?
1. Hydrogen for Hire: This graphic shows three products, each containing a different
acid. How are these acids classified? Complete the table.
Acid formula Number of ionizable H Classification
HCl
H2SO4
H3PO4
Scene 28
2. Adding an Acid: this graphic shows
ion concentrations in water before
and after adding an acid. What
happens to hydrogen ions donated
to aqueous solution by a
dissociated acid? To what extent
does the anion donated by the
acid affect the solution?
Scenes 29 30
Scene 31
4. What is the value of a neutral pH? Where on the pH scale do acids and bases fall?
Calculating pH
Calculating pH
Now load the CyberEd Chemistry Course Title: Properties of Acids,
Bases, and Salts. View scenes 32 - 36 and complete the exercise
below.
1. Breaking the Log Jam: this graphic shows how to calculate base ten logarithms
and use them to determine pH values. Explain the process, providing an example
that shows the relationship of logarithms to the pH scale.
Scene 33
2. Logging Coefficients: this graphic
shows how to calculate pH when the
coefficient in scientific notation is a
value other than one. Complete the
calculation, rounding to significant
digits. How does the result compare
in acidity to a pH of 3?
Scenes 34 35
3. Teeter-Totter Math: this illustration
portrays the calculation of pH
when only the concentration of
hydroxide ions is given rather than
the concentration of hydronium
ions. What is the basic principle
underlying this method?
Scene 36
4. What are the key points to remember about pH? Complete the table by elaborating
on each key point.
Key point Elaboration
About acid-base properties
Scene 38
2. Two Way Street: this
illustration shows the
reversible reaction of
acetic acid and water.
Use this example to
explain conjugate pairs.
Scene 39
3. Good for Glass: this equation shows the reversible reaction of ammonia in an
aqueous solution. Identify the conjugate acid-base pairs in this reaction.
Scene 40
4. Compensating Conjugates: this chart shows the inverse relationship between the
strengths of substances in conjugate acid-base pairs. Explain this relationship,
using examples from the chart.
1. The Strong versus The Weak: this graphic raises many questions about how
strong acids and weak acids compare. Explain the characteristic that determines
whether an acid is classified as strong or weak, answering all the questions in the
graphic.
Scenes 42 43
2. Freedom of Dissociation: this graphic shows the derivation of the acid dissociation
constant, Ka. Explain each of the numbered steps in that derivation. How is the
acid dissociation constant used?
Scene 44
3. Strength in Weakness: this chart shows how larger Ka values indicate greater acid
strength (although all the acids listed are classified as weak acids). Explain this
relationship between Ka and relative acid strength.
Scenes 45 46
4. Hydroxide Options: this graphic
shows some features of bases.
Describe each numbered set of
equations. How do bases contribute
hydroxide ions? What does Kb
represent?
Scene 46
5. Strong Above, Weak Below: this graphic shows strong bases in ascending order
and the relative strength of weak bases in ascending order. Summarize what you
have learned so far about the strength of bases.
Scene 47
6 Canceling Out: this graphic
shows the properties of
acids and bases that allow
neutralization. What is
neutralization? Describe
how it is achieved.
Salts
Now load the CyberEd Chemistry Course Title: Properties of Acids,
Bases, and Salts. View scenes 48 - 53 and complete the exercise
below.
Multimedia
In these scenes you will study the properties of salts, the product when
Presentation acids react with bases.
Scenes 48 49
1. What are salts? How are they formed? How are they unlike their parent
compounds?
Scenes 50 51
2. Crystal Chemistry: this graphic illustrates the melting of a salt crystal lattice. What
is a crystal lattice? What properties of salts owe to their crystal lattice structure?
Scene 52
3. Mobile versus Trapped: this graphic shows
when a salt is electrically conductive and
when it is not. Explain the conductive
property of salts.
Scene 53
4. Salt of the Earth: this graphic
shows a few of the many
common products containing salt
compounds. Discuss the products
mentioned in Scene 53.
Scenes 54 55
1. Rain of Equations: this graphic shows
equations that describe the chemistry of
acid rain. Explain the numbered
equations. Discuss the sources and
consequences of acid rain.
Scene 56
2. Summarize the topics you have studied in this lesson by filling in the table.
Safety
pH
Salts
Acid rain
Test