Acids and Bases

In the previous post, we talked about the acid strength and its quantitative description by pKa. The pKa table shows how greatly the acidity varies for different functional groups. For example,     The question is, how do we explain … Read more

In the previous post, we learned about the pKa and summarized the factors that affect the acidity and pKa value. The pKa values are mostly used in order the predict the position of the equilibrium of an acid-base reaction, as well … Read more

Let’s first define the meaning of a strong acid. According to the Arrhenius theory, acids dissociate in water to form protons (H+). The general equation for acid dissociation can be shown as:     For a specific example, we can … Read more

The first definition of Acids and Bases was given by Arrhenius, and according to his theory, acids dissociate in water to form protons (H+) and bases dissociate in water to form (–OH):     The limitation of this theory became … Read more