Common Acids and Bases

Question 1

Hydrochloric acid

Answer 1

HCl
strong acid

Question 2

Hydrobromic acid

Answer 2

Hbr
strong acid

Question 3

Hydroiodic acid

Answer 3

HI
strong acid

Question 4

Nitric acid

Answer 4

HNO₃
strong acid

Question 5

Sulfuric acid

Answer 5

H₂SO₄
strong acid

Question 6

Perchloric acid

Answer 6

HClO₄
strong acid

Question 7

Hydrofluoric acid

Answer 7

HF
weak acid

Question 8

Nitrous acid

Answer 8

HNO₂
weak acid

Question 9

Phosphoric acid

Answer 9

H₃PO₄
weak acid

Question 10

Acetic acid

Answer 10

CH₃COOH
weak acid

Question 11

Lithium hydroxide

Answer 11

LiOH
strong base

Question 12

Sodium hydroxide

Answer 12

NaOH
strong base

Question 13

Potassium hydroxide

Answer 13

KOH
strong base

Question 14

Calcium hydroxide

Answer 14

Ca(OH)₂
strong base

Question 15

Strontium hydroxide

Answer 15

Sr(OH)₂
strong base

Question 16

Beryllium hydroxide

Answer 16

Be(OH)₂
weak base

Question 17

Magnesium hydroxide

Answer 17

Mg(OH)₂
weak base

Question 18

Ammonia

Answer 18

NH_{3
weak base}

Question 19

Carbonic acid

Answer 19

H₂CO₃
weak acid

Question 20

Electrolyte

Answer 20

Substance that dissolves in water and makes it electrically conductive.
Ionic compounds, acids, bases

Question 21

Nonelectrolyte

Answer 21

Substance that dissolves in water but produces poorly conducting solution.

Question 22

Weak electrolytes

Answer 22

Dissolves in water but yields small amount of ions
Includes most molecular substances, weak acids, weak bases
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Question 23

Strong electrolytes

Answer 23

Dissolves in water and exists almost entirely as ions
Soluble ionic compounds, strong acids, strong bases
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Question 24

Methanol

Answer 24

CH₃OH
nonelectrolyte

Question 25

Ethanol

Answer 25

C₂H₅OH nonelectrolyte

Question 26

Glucose

Answer 26

C₆H₁₂O₆ nonelectrolyte

Question 27

Sucrose

Answer 27

C₁₂H₂₂O₁₁ nonelectrolyte

Question 28

Urea

Answer 28

(NH₂)₂CO nonelectrolyte

Question 29

Water

Answer 29

H₂O weak acid and weak base

Question 30

Arrhenius acid

Answer 30

A substance that produces H⁺ ions (protons) when dissolved in water

Question 31

Arrhenius base

Answer 31

A substance that produces hydroxide ions (OH^-) when dissolved in water

Question 32

Ionization

Answer 32

Dissolved MOLECULAR compound produces ions

Question 33

Dissociation

Answer 33

Dissolved IONIC compound produces ions

Question 34

Bronsted-Lowry acid

Answer 34

Molecule or ion that donates a proton

Question 35

Bronsted-Lowry base

Answer 35

Molecule or ion that accepts a proton

Question 36

Conjugate pair

Answer 36

The Bronsted-Lowry acid/base and its conjugate base/acid

Question 37

Conjugate base

Answer 37

What's left after a Bronsted-Lowry acid donates a proton

Question 38

Conjugate acid

Answer 38

What's left after a Bronsted-Lowry base accepts a proton

Question 39

Monoprotic acid

Answer 39

Acid that donates 1 proton per molecule during acid-base reaction Ex: HBr

Question 40

Diprotic acid

Answer 40

Acid that donates 2 protons per molecule during acid-base reaction Ex: H₂SO₄

Question 41

Triprotic acid

Answer 41

Acid that donates 3 protons per molecule during acid-base reaction Ex: H₃PO₄