All categories

3 years ago

On a molecular level, explain how pure water can act as both an acid and a base.

1 answer:

4 0

On a molecular level, water which was H2O can be divided into H+ and OH- ion. Therefore, water has an acid component which was H+ and a base component which was OH-. The water is at neutral pH of 7 not because there are no acid and base, but because the amount of acid and base is equal.

You might be interested in

What is the mass in grams of ba(io3)2 can be dissolved in 500 ml of water at 25 degrees celcius?

lesya [120]

The mass of Ba(IO3)2 that can be dissolved in 500 ml of water at 25 degrees celcius is 2.82 g

<h3>What mass of Ba(IO3)2 can be dissolved in 500 ml of water at 25 degrees celcius?</h3>

The Ksp of Ba(IO3)2 = 1.57 × 10^-9

Molar mass of Ba(IO3)2 = 487 g/mol?

Dissociation of Ba(IO3)2 produces 3 moles of ions as follows:

$Ba(IO_{3})_{2} \leftrightharpoons Ba^{2+} + 2\:IO_{3}^{-}$

$Ksp = [Ba^{2+}]*[IO_{3}^{-}]^{2}$

$[Ba(IO_{3})_{2}] = \sqrt[3]{ksp} =\sqrt[3]{1.57 \times {10}^{ - 9} } \\ [Ba(IO_{3})_{2}] = 1.16 \times {10}^{-3} moldm^{-3}$

moles of Ba(IO3)2 = 1.16 × 10^-3 × 0.5 = 0.58 × 10^-3 moles

mass of Ba(IO3)2 = 0.58 × 10^-3 moles × 487 = 2.82 g

Therefore, mass Ba(IO3)2 that can be dissolved in 500 ml of water at 25 degrees celcius is 2.82 g.

Learn more about mass and moles at: brainly.com/question/15374113

#SPJ12

7 0

2 years ago

150 mL of 0.25 mol/L magnesium chloride solution and 150 mL of 0.35 mol/L silver nitrate solution are mixed together. After reac

Murljashka [212]

Answer:

$0.175\; \rm mol \cdot L^{-1}$ .

Explanation:

Magnesium chloride and silver nitrate reacts at a $2:1$ ratio:

$\rm MgCl_2\, (aq) + 2\, AgNO_3\, (aq) \to Mg(NO_3)_2 \, (aq) + 2\, AgCl\, (s)$ .

In reality, the nitrate ion from silver nitrate did not take part in this reaction at all. Consider the ionic equation for this very reaction:

$\begin{aligned}& \rm Mg^{2+} + 2\, Cl^{-} + 2\, Ag^{+} + 2\, {NO_3}^{-} \\&\to \rm Mg^{2+} + 2\, {NO_3}^{-} + 2\, AgCl\, (s)\end{aligned}$ .

The precipitate silver chloride $\rm AgCl$ is insoluble in water and barely ionizes. Hence, $\rm AgCl\!$ isn't rewritten as ions.

Net ionic equation:

$\begin{aligned}& \rm Ag^{+} + Cl^{-} \to AgCl\, (s)\end{aligned}$ .

Calculate the initial quantity of nitrate ions in the mixture.

$\begin{aligned}n(\text{initial}) &= c(\text{initial}) \cdot V(\text{initial}) \\ &= 0.25\; \rm mol \cdot L^{-1} \times 0.150\; \rm L \\ &= 0.0375\; \rm mol \end{aligned}$ .

Since nitrate ions $\rm {NO_3}^{-}$ do not take part in any reaction in this mixture, the quantity of this ion would stay the same.

$n(\text{final}) = n(\text{initial}) = 0.0375\; \rm mol$ .

However, the volume of the new solution is twice that of the original nitrate solution. Hence, the concentration of nitrate ions in the new solution would be $(1/2)$ of the concentration in the original solution.

$\begin{aligned} c(\text{final}) &= \frac{n(\text{final})}{V(\text{final})} \\ &= \frac{0.0375\; \rm mol}{0.300\; \rm L} = 0.175\; \rm mol \cdot L^{-1}\end{aligned}$ .

6 0

3 years ago

what do the symbols tell you about the conditions of the reaction shown to the right check all boxes that apply

alukav5142 [94]

Answer:

Sorry but erm was their supposed to be a image attach with it

Explanation:

6 0

3 years ago

Read 2 more answers

Whoever can answer these for me gets 100 points

tiny-mole [99]

Answer:

The electrons that whiz about outside the nucleus have a negative charge. They are held in the atom by the positive charge of the nucleus. ... An atom that gains or loses an electron becomes an ion. If it gains a negative electron, it becomes a negative ion.

Explanation:

Hope this helped!...

3 0

3 years ago

Read 2 more answers

A snowflake contains 2.1 10^18 molecules of water. How many moles of water does it contain?

IgorC [24]

Answer:

divide the # of molecules by avogadros number and get 3.48 x 10^-6

Explanation:

6 0

3 years ago