Acid vs Base

[QUEP 2F]

How do you determine whether an acid or base is weak or strong w/o having to calculate pH? Or are we expected to memorize the list of strong/weak acids and bases that's referred to in the Achieve HW Week 10?

[Joseph Liao 3C]

I think the easiest way is definitely just to memorize the list given to us on the achieve. However, there are a few things that can help you remember. For example, for the strong bases, usually a group 1 or group 2 metal with a hydroxide group will be a strong base.

I hope that helps!

[Nathan Tran 1B]

Yea I agree, memorize the strong acid list for sure. Anything that is not a strong acid or base is automatically a weak acid/base

[Uma Patil 2A]

The easiest way is to memorize the list of strong acids and bases, and know that any other acids and bases you see will be weak. As a general rule of thumb, weak acids will have strong HA bonds.

[Jessica Sun 2I]

Memorizing the list of strong acids and bases will be helpful as we know that any other acid or base will be a weak base or acid.

[KatieWu 1E]

I believe we are expected to memorize the list of strong acids and bases. For strong acids the acronym one of the UAs told me is "SO I BRought NO CLean CLOthes" so that can hopefully help you memorize

[Ruben Adamov 1E]

There is a list that includes all the known strong acids and bases. For acids its mostly memorization, for bases, if I remember correctly its the group 1 and 2 elements combined with OH (I may be wrong on that one). Anything else is either a weak acid or a weak base.
Hope this helps!!!

[Claire Kim 1F]

How do you determine whether an acid or base is weak or strong w/o having to calculate pH? Or are we expected to memorize the list of strong/weak acids and bases that's referred to in the Achieve HW Week 10?

I say it's easier to memorize. However, I would know why it's a stronger/weaker acid/base.

[Isabella Yee 1F]

As people have mentioned, it is best to memorize the list of strong acids and bases. The acids and bases not found on that list are (typically) considered weak.

[Erin Chin 1L]

I think that we're expected to memorize the list of strong/weak acids. One way to memorize strong acids is through the acronym, "SO I BRought NO Clean CLOthes" and for bases, it's Group I and II metal hydroxides and oxides. Hope this helps!

[Matthew Nguyen 3G]

A list of strong/weak acids and bases was provided to us on achieve! Unfortunately, the only way to distinguish between each is to memorize the list.

[Nayeli Valtierra 2F]

Personally, I think it would be most helpful to memorize the list given on strong and weak acids.

[joshua_quinn_1C]

I reccomend memorizing the list of strong acids which are: HCl, HBr, HI, HClO3, HClO4, H2SO4, HNO3. For bases its generally any oxide and hydroxide with group 1 and 2 ions.

[Sidharth Paparaju 3B]

I believe that memorizing them is the easiest way; we can use structures to recognize weak acids and weak bases. Weak acids often contain the carboxyl group -COOH wherease weak bases often contain the ammine group (or basically a N with a lone pair).