Thursday, February 25, 2016

AP Chemistry Question of the Day --65

Welcome back to my blog. Since most schools are doing the unit on acid and base at this time of the year and here is another question related to this topic.

Question 65: Four acids HA, HB and HC and HD solutions have the same pH, which of the following statements is correct:
A. They all have the same concentration
B. They are all strong acids
C. They are all weak acid
D. not enough information to make any conclusion

The correct answer is D. pH represents the concentration of hydronium ion in solution. The pH if an acidic solution is dependent on both the Ka and the concentration of the acid. A solution of a strong acid can have a higher pH due to lower concentration and a solution of a weak acid cna have a lower pH due to higher concentration.

Hope this helpful.

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Wednesday, February 24, 2016

AP Chemistry Question of the Day --64

I have not written here for a long time. AP season is coming soon in a couple of months. I will resume my series and hopefully it is helpful to anyone who come across to visit this site. Instead of posting a question and answer it the next day, I am going to post the question and answer at the same time.

Question 64: Which one of the following cidic solutions requires the most 0.1000M NaOH aqueous solution to neutralize completely:
A. 0.1000M HCl 25ml
B. 0.1000M HF 25ml
C. 0.05000M H2SO4 25ml
D. 0.05000M H2CO3 25ml
E. They are all the same

The answer to this question is E. When an acid and a base react, whenever there is a strong acid or base involved, the reaction will go to completion. The amount of base required will be totally determined by the mole number of the protons in the acid. It does not matter the acid is strong or weak, monoprtotic or diprotic. It is the number of moles of H+ that is in the acid that determines how much base will be needed to completely neutralize.

Hope this helps with your understanding on acid and base and thank you for visiting my blog.