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Re: Sapling #3
When you're asked for the conjugate acid you would write the original compound but with an extra H atom. So in this case it would be H2SO4.
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Jaden Ji 3K wrote:Hello! For the conjugate acid of HSO4- I put H3O+. Is that not the conjugate acid?
When thinking about what it is asking for, the conjugate acid, first think about what that means. A base turns into a conjugate acid because when doing the reverse of the chemical reaction it would go back to being a base. So a conjugate acid has the potential to act like an acid and donate an H+ to go back to being a base. This is why for the conjugate acid you would add an H+.
This is how I have been interpreting conjugate acids and bases so I hope this helps or somewhat makes sense! :)
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Laura 3J wrote:Jaden Ji 3K wrote:Hello! For the conjugate acid of HSO4- I put H3O+. Is that not the conjugate acid?
When thinking about what it is asking for, the conjugate acid, first think about what that means. A base turns into a conjugate acid because when doing the reverse of the chemical reaction it would go back to being a base. So a conjugate acid has the potential to act like an acid and donate an H+ to go back to being a base. This is why for the conjugate acid you would add an H+.
This is how I have been interpreting conjugate acids and bases so I hope this helps or somewhat makes sense! :)
Oh I see now!! Thank you so much!
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Re: Sapling #3
A conjugate acid or base is just the counterpart of a molecule so H3O or hydronium would not be involved in the conjugate acid or base of HSO4. A conjugate acid means that it is gaining hydrogen so in this case HSO4- would become H2SO4. For a conjugate base, you would take away hydrogen from the molecule so HSO4- would become SO4^2-.
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Hey! I tend to view the conjugate acid as the acid that when a proton is removed results in the compound in question, so you simply have to add a proton, and vice versa for conjugate bases, just remove a proton.
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Hi,
All late but for the conjugate acid, it's a base that turns into a conjugate acid. try to reason it, when doing the reverse of the chemical reaction it would go back to being a base. It donates an H+ to go back to being a base. This is why for the conjugate acid you would add an H+.
All late but for the conjugate acid, it's a base that turns into a conjugate acid. try to reason it, when doing the reverse of the chemical reaction it would go back to being a base. It donates an H+ to go back to being a base. This is why for the conjugate acid you would add an H+.
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H30+ is the conjugate acid of H20 which is acting as a base. The conjugate acid of HS04 is H2S04 as HS04 is acting as a base. Hope this helps!
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When the question asks for a conjugate acid of a certain molecule, you just add a proton (H+) to it. The conjugate acid of HSO4- should have been H2SO4
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Conjugate acids and bases usually mean the molecule has donated or received a proton (H+).
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When asked for the conjugate acid you just need to add an H atom to the compound. Easy as that.
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