ACIDS, BASES,

and SALTS
What is an ACID?
By the Arrhenius definition,
an acid is a compound that –
when dissolved in water
-dissociates and produces

_______________________
ion(s) and anion(s)
Acids taste ________________
For this year, you can identify a
compound as an acid if the formula

begins with __________________.

Write HCl as dissociated

Concentrated acids are dangerous!
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 What is an BASE?
By the Arrhenius definition, a
base is a compound that –
when dissolved in water -
dissociates and produces

_______________________
ion(s) and cation(s)
 Bases taste

______________

and feel

______________
Arrhenius bases can be identified as
ionic compounds that contain

_________________________.

Write NaOH as dissociated.

Some other compounds are bases by the
Bronsted-Lowry definition of bases. This
definition is that a base is a

________________________ acceptor.
The only one of these you need to know is
Strong bases are dangerous!
What happens when you mix an acid and a
base together?

__ HCl + __ NaOH → __ + __
What general type of reaction is
this?

This is also called an

The products of an acid + a
base are

___________________

and a salt. A salt is defined as

a _____________ from a base +

an ____________ from an acid.

Most _______________
compounds are salts.
Review: In order to be conductive,

a substance must have____________

particles that can _____________.

What is an electrolyte?
Are solutions of acids and bases
electrolytes? Why or why not?
A chemical dye that changes its color
under different conditions is an

____________________. For example:

Litmus is ________ in acid, & ________

in base.
The acid-base indicators
we’ll be using this year
are
PHENOLPHTHALEIN
and
UNIVERSAL INDICATOR
How strong
an acid or
base is – is
measured
by its.
A pH of 7 is _____________

H+ ____ OH1-

A pH of less than 7 is _____________

H+ ____ OH1-

A pH of greater than 7 is ____________

H+ ____ OH1-