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8399359397pHIs the amount hydrogen ions (H+) or hydronium ion (H3O+) In water. Acidic (H+), base (OH-)0
8399428539Equilibrium constantK=[Products]/[Reactants]1
8399453860Water is amphotericAmphoteric means that is donates hydrogen ions in acids and accepts Hydrogen ions in bases.2
8399496099Conjugate Acidit is a base with a hydrogen ion added to it, accepted hydrogen ion3
8399541549Conjugate baseit is an acid with a hydrogen ion removed from it, donated Hydrogen ion4
8399612529Weak acid Same baseKa<15
8399639893Strong acid Same baseKa>16
8399654146Strong acidsHCl (hydrochloric acid), HBr (Hydrobromic acid), HI ( hydroiodic acid), HClO3(chloric acid), H2SO4(sulfuric acid ),HNO3(Nitric acid)7
8400035865pKais a measure of acid strength pKa=-log Ka8
8400102628Bufferis a solution made of acid and its Conjugate base to resist drastic change in pH or base and its conjugate acid9
8400160613Henderson-hasselbalch equationpH=pKa+ log [CB/A] ... CB: Conjugate base, A:Acid Or this can be written as pH=pKa- log [A/CB]10
8400353965Kais a quantitative measure of the strength of an acid in solution. Higher Ka means stronger acid11
8400552872Why use buffers?To mimic biological systems pH for experimental systems, such as blood pH at 7.4 or other organism/proteins that need specific pH to function at.12
8401066359KwIonisation constant of water Kw= K[H2O] = [H+][OH-] = 10^-1413
8412549149AcidHave a higher Hydrogen concentration therefore stronger acids would have higher Ka. It also have less OH- ions14
8412612443BaseHave a lower hydrogen concentration therefore stronger bases would have higher Kb. it also has more OH- ions.15

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