Hello!
Just curious, what would the conjugate acid and bases be in this chemical reaction? Since this reaction creates a neutral solution, would we still have conjugate acid and base pairs? Thank you so much!
Fundamental J.13 Part C
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Taylor K 2D
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Re: Fundamental J.13 Part C
That’s a great question. I don’t know if there would be any conjugate pairs because this reaction is between a strong acid and a strong base.
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Joyce Pang 2H
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Re: Fundamental J.13 Part C
By definition, a conjugate acid/base is what is formed when an acid/base donates or accepts a proton. So technically you should still have conjugate pairs even if its neutralized completely.
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Andrew Yoon 3L
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Re: Fundamental J.13 Part C
For bronsted acid and bases and lewis acids and bases, it's pretty clear on what is a conjugate acid/base. However, I'm not entirely sure if neutralized reactions have a conjugate acid and base. I don't think they do because the products are water and a salt.
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Malakai Espinosa 3E
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Re: Fundamental J.13 Part C
Like the others have said, I don't believe there is a specific conjugate acid or base for this reaction since neutralizations between a strong acid and strong base create a salt plus water.
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