Conjugate acid and bases


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ursulavictorino1K
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Conjugate acid and bases

Postby ursulavictorino1K » Sun Feb 23, 2020 8:38 pm

How do you determine the conjugate acid/base given one of them?

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Re: Conjugate acid and bases

Postby 205007651 » Sun Feb 23, 2020 8:44 pm

A conjugate acid has one one more + charge and H atom than the matching base while conjugate base contains one more - charge and one less H atom than the matching acid.

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Re: Conjugate acid and bases

Postby RasikaObla_4I » Sun Feb 23, 2020 8:54 pm

A conjugate acid is the acid when it loses its H+ ion, so it should have a one less charge than the acid. A conjugate base is the base when it gains an H+ ion, so it should have one more charge than the base.

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Re: Conjugate acid and bases

Postby Areli C 1L » Sun Feb 23, 2020 8:57 pm

you have to look at the charges. Once you locate the acid on the left, the conj. base will be the compound without the + charge or no Hand vice versa.

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Re: Conjugate acid and bases

Postby 805422680 » Sun Feb 23, 2020 9:02 pm

A conjugate acid differs from its species by one H+ (ie it has one more H+ than the original species. A conjugate base, on the other hand, has one less proton than its original species.

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Re: Conjugate acid and bases

Postby Jesalynne 2F » Sun Feb 23, 2020 9:19 pm

A conjugate base will have one less proton than the acid and the conjugate acid will have one more H+ than the base.

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Re: Conjugate acid and bases

Postby ursulavictorino1K » Sun Mar 01, 2020 11:34 pm

Is a base a proton acceptor or donor?

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Re: Conjugate acid and bases

Postby Hope Hyland 2D » Sun Mar 01, 2020 11:40 pm

ursulavictorino1K wrote:Is a base a proton acceptor or donor?


A base is a proton acceptor!


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