Conjugate acids vs conjugate base
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Conjugate acids vs conjugate base
I understand how to identify a conjugate acid vs. conjugate base, but I do not understand how to give a formula for conjugate acid or conjugate base? example(below)
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Re: Conjugate acids vs conjugate base
Conjugate acid is the original formula plus a hydrogen ion. Conjugate base is minus a hydrogen ion.
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Re: Conjugate acids vs conjugate base
I don't think this has been covered in lecture yet. Has it? So don't worry about now knowing how to do that rn.
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Re: Conjugate acids vs conjugate base
It has not been covered in lecture quite yet, but it will be on the final!
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Re: Conjugate acids vs conjugate base
an acid ionizes to make H+ and its conjugate base while a base combines w/ H+ to make its conjugate acid. basically the conjugate base you subtract one proton, so HSO4^- would become SO4^-2. for the conjugate acid you add one proton, so HSO4^- would become H2SO4.
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Re: Conjugate acids vs conjugate base
To find the conjugate base, you remove a proton, which would give you SO4-. To find the conjugate acid, you add a proton, which would give you H2SO4. Hope that helps!
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Re: Conjugate acids vs conjugate base
Basically, the conjugate acid includes the attachment of a proton to the base, and the conjugate base involves the removal of a proton from the acid. In this case, the conjugate base will be SO4^2- and the conjugate acid is H2SO4!
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Re: Conjugate acids vs conjugate base
The conjugate base of a Bronsted-Lowry acid is the species formed after an acid donates a proton.
The conjugate acid of a Bronsted-Lowry base is the species formed after a base accepts a proton.
The conjugate acid of a Bronsted-Lowry base is the species formed after a base accepts a proton.
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Re: Conjugate acids vs conjugate base
So the acid gives a proton and the base accepts it, so the conjugate base of an acid would lose an H+ ion, and the conjugate acid of a base would gain an H+ ion?
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Re: Conjugate acids vs conjugate base
The conjugate acid has an addition H+ while the conjugate base takes away an H+
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Re: Conjugate acids vs conjugate base
For your conjugate acid you take the original formula and add a hydrogen. You take a hydrogen out of it to find your conjugate base.
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Re: Conjugate acids vs conjugate base
Acid-base conjugate pairs differ by just one H+ ion and always occur together
For example, in the following scenarios:
A) NH3 + H2O ---> NH4+ + OH-
The conjugate base is OH-
and the conjugate acid is NH4+
Similarly in
B) HCl + H20 ---> Cl- + H3O+
The conjugate base is Cl-
and the conjugate acid is H3O+
Hope this helps :)
For example, in the following scenarios:
A) NH3 + H2O ---> NH4+ + OH-
The conjugate base is OH-
and the conjugate acid is NH4+
Similarly in
B) HCl + H20 ---> Cl- + H3O+
The conjugate base is Cl-
and the conjugate acid is H3O+
Hope this helps :)
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