More likely acid or base
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More likely acid or base
Do amphoteric compounds have a tendency to exhibit acidic behaviors over basic behaviors depending on the compound? Or vice versa? Does this involve the equilibrium constants K1 and K2?
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Re: More likely acid or base
Amphoteric compounds will react to their environments accordingly, like you guessed. For HCO3-, for example, it can turn into CO3(2-) or H2CO3, depending on the balance of the pH of the solution it is in. If HCO3- is combined with an acid, it would act like a base.
Re: More likely acid or base
Amphoteric compounds rely on their environment. So, if there is a more common environment for a chemical to exist in then yes it can be considered to most likely act basic or acidic.
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Re: More likely acid or base
Yep! Depending on what H2O is around, it might act as an acid or a base. I imagine that this applies to the environment around it on a greater scale.
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Re: More likely acid or base
I don't think it necessarily depends on the compound itself, but rather the solutions it may be immersed in.
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