ACIDS, BASES, and SALTS

What is an ACID?By the Arrhenius definition, an acid is a compound that – when dissolved in water -dissociates and produces

_______________________ ion(s) and anion(s)

Acids taste ________________

For this year, you can identify a compound as an acid if the formula

begins with __________________.

Write HCl as dissociated

Concentrated acids are dangerous!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98V1fqaQHsA

What is an BASE?By the Arrhenius definition, a

base is a compound that – when dissolved in water - dissociates and produces

_______________________ ion(s) and cation(s)

Bases taste

______________

and feel

______________

Arrhenius bases can be identified as ionic compounds that contain

_________________________.

Write NaOH as dissociated.

Some other compounds are bases by the Bronsted-Lowry definition of bases. This

definition is that a base is a

________________________ acceptor.The only one of these you need to know is

Strong bases are dangerous!

What happens when you mix an acid and a base together?

__ HCl + __ NaOH → __ + __

What general type of reaction is this?

This is also called an

The products of an acid + a base are

___________________

and a salt. A salt is defined as

a _____________ from a base +

an ____________ from an acid.

Most _______________compounds are salts.

Review: In order to be conductive,

a substance must have____________

particles that can _____________.

What is an electrolyte?

Are solutions of acids and bases electrolytes? Why or why not?

A chemical dye that changes its color under different conditions is an

____________________. For example:

Litmus is ________ in acid, & ________ in base.

The acid-base indicators we’ll be using this year arePHENOLPHTHALEINandUNIVERSAL INDICATOR

How strong an acid or base is – is measured by its.

A pH of 7 is _____________

H+ ____ OH1-

A pH of less than 7 is _____________

H+ ____ OH1-

A pH of greater than 7 is ____________

H+ ____ OH1-