Answer: Potassium hydroxide, KOH, is considered a <u>BASE</u> in an acid-base reaction because it <u>ACCEPTS</u> a hydrogen ion from the other reactant.
According to Brønsted–Lowry acid–base theory, Base is a specie which accepts proton (H⁺) while, Acid is a specie which donate proton.
Bases may contain a negative charge or lone pair of electrons, while, Acids contain positive charge or a neutral atom with incomplete octet.
In given statement KOH is acting as a base because it contains a negatively charged hydroxyl group which can accept proton from a acid, i.e.
KOH → K⁺ + OH⁻
Reaction of OH⁻ with any acid,
K⁺ + OH⁻ + HCl → H₂O + KCl
Answer:
pH 4
Explanation:
Firstly, we define pH as the negative logarithm to base 10 of the concentration of hydrogen ions.
Mathematically, we express this as:
pH = -log[H+]
Now let’s us calculate the concentration of hydrogen in each of the pH
For pH 4, we have:
4 = -log[H+]
[H+] = -Antilog(4)
[H+] = 0.0001M
For pH 5,
[H+] = -Antilog(5)
[H+] = 0.00001M
We can see that 0.0001 is greater than 0.00001 and thus it has a greater concentration of hydrogen ions
Group 17. the 2nd column from the right in the periodic table.