Weak Acids

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Drew Myers 4G
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Weak Acids

Postby Drew Myers 4G » Sat Dec 07, 2019 4:39 pm

How do you know if an acid is weak?
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Joowon Seo 3A
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Re: Weak Acids

Postby Joowon Seo 3A » Sat Dec 07, 2019 4:44 pm

Weak acids generally don't give off their H+ ions as easily as strong acids. It will generally give you the pKa value of an acid since every proton of a weak acid doesn't dissociate.
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Annika Zhang 1F
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Re: Weak Acids

Postby Annika Zhang 1F » Sat Dec 07, 2019 6:43 pm

if given the equation for the acid, it should have a double sided arrow to separate products and reactants
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Lauren Sanchez 3D
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Re: Weak Acids

Postby Lauren Sanchez 3D » Sun Dec 08, 2019 12:53 am

So if an equation has the double arrows, then it is a weak acid, but if the arrow is only one way, then it is a strong acid?
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Joanne Lee 1J
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Re: Weak Acids

Postby Joanne Lee 1J » Sun Dec 08, 2019 4:56 pm

Weak acids don't completely ionize in a solution. All the H+ ions will not separate from the molecules whereas in a strong acid they will.
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