Tuesday, March 27, 2012

Ch 16 Review Answers #20-24


20. What is the numerical difference between each number on the pH scale?
       Ten times     from 4 to 1 is a difference in 103. The exponent is one less than the number of digits
21. Describe how to make a buffered solution.
      Place a weak acid and a compound with its strong conjugate base in the solution
22. What happens to the pH in a titration curve?
      The pH rises rapidly when the solution nears the equivalence point
23. On the pH scale, what numbers are acidic, basic, and neutral?
      7 is neutral     less than 7 is acidic    greater than 7 is basic
24. Give the characteristics of an acid and a base.
                Acid                                                                        Base
    Tastes sour                                                 Tastes bitter
    Produces H+ in solution                             Produces OH- in solution
    Produces H2 gas with active metals            Feels slippery                               
    Turns blue litmus red                                  Turns red litmus blue
          
                                                Both
                        If a strong acid or base, it is a good electrolyte.

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