Acids and Bases on Final

[Emily_Stenzler_2H]

Does anyone have any idea as to how much of the final is going to be on acids and bases? I'm definitely struggling with this and am worried about it being a big part of tomorrow :/ I'm especially stuck when it comes to determining if something (other than the strong acids and bases) is a bronstead acid or base. I thought bases had the OH group but have seen this is not in a majority of bases. How would we tell if something is acidic or basic?

[Chem_Mod]

Remember that there are different definitions of acids and bases. Be sure to understand the bronsted Lowry, Arrhenius, and Lewis definitions of acids and bases.

[Tanya Nguyen 1B]

I would try and memorize the strong Bronsted acids and bases, anything that is not those are weak acids or bases. The strong Bronsted acids are H2SO4, HI, HBr, HNO3, HCl, HClO3, HClO4, another way to quickly memorize this is to remember the phrase "Sorry I Brought No Clean Clothes". For strong bases it would be hydroxides of group 1 and 2 (except Be) LiOH, NaOH, KOH, RbOH, CsOH, Ca(OH)2, Sr(OH)2, Ba(OH)2.