Sapling #3

[Jaden Ji 2K]

Hello! For the conjugate acid of HSO4- I put H3O+. Is that not the conjugate acid?

[Summer_Corona 3L]

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.

[Laura 3l]

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! :)

[Jaden Ji 2K]

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!

[Ven Chavez 2K]

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-.

[JonathanM]

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.

[Brandon Carris]

Conjugate bases and acids refer to the actual substance that needs to be conjugated.

[Lesly Lopez 3A]

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+.

[Neel Sharma 3F]

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!

[Halle Villalobos 3E]

Hi! The conjugate acid of HSO4- would be H2SO4 since you would be adding an H+.

[Joshua Swift]

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

[Andrew Dao 3C]

Conjugate acids and bases usually mean the molecule has donated or received a proton (H+).

[Nicole Bruno Dis 1B]

Nope! The conjugate acid for HSO4- is H2SO4-, so the conjugate base would be SO4.

[Marilyn]

To get the conjugate acid, add an H atom to HSO4-. So it's H2SO4, not H30+.

[Sofi Ghasemzadeh 2G]

When asked for the conjugate acid you just need to add an H atom to the compound. Easy as that.