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Am amphoteric substance can react as a base but also as an acid.
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What does a general acid base reaction look like?
This is a strong base/acid neutralization reaction with a product of salt and water. NaOH + HCl --> NaCl + H2O
What happens when you mix a strong acid with a strong base?
When a strong acid and a strong base mix, all acidic protons will react with every basic molecule until one or the other runs out. The curve for a titration of a strong acid with a strong base will change slowly at first, and dramatically when the equivalence point (where the number of moles of acid is equal to the number of moles of base) is reached. The reaction, like all acid-base reactions, is fast.
What does acid taste like in food?
It tastes sour. Other tastes are sweet, bitter and salty. Bitter is alkaline, the opposite of acid in Ph. And salty is the combination of an acid and a base (alkaline), which is a salt.
Does the pH level in acid cause it to melt through things?
No, not at all. It's actually the hazardous chemicals in the acid that causes it to melt trough things. If the pH level of acid caused it to burn through thing then most soda like Dr.pepper would burn right through. But the pH level does contribute to it though.
What would be the pH value of a strong acid?
pH is not a measure of how strong an acid is, it is a measure of how acidic or basic a solution is. This depends on both the strength of the acid/base and how much is dissolved in a given amount of water. Any acid will produce a pH below 7, and a strong acid will usually produce a very low pH, but again, that depends on the concentration. However, a pH of 0-3 would be considered a strong acid. Yet concentrated glacial acetic acid although very corrosive and strong would not have a pH this low.
Is tin oxide an acid or a base?
The oxides of tin are amphoteric in nature as SnO, with acid it behaves like a base and with a base like an acid.
What acts like both an acid and a base?
A substance that has both acidic and basic properties is said to be an amphoteric substance.
How can a base act like water?
Because water is amphoteric and acts like a Bronsted-Lowry base when mixed with an acid, it will gain a proton and produce hydronium. This is just as a base gains a proton and forms a conjugate acid.
Is zinc oxide an amphoteric oxide?
Yes, it is amphoteric, at the same time it behaves like acid AND like base:it acts as an acid when in a base: ZnO(s) + 2OH-(aq) +H20(l) -> [Zn(OH)4]2-(aq)it reacts as a base when in acid: ZnO(s) + 2H+(aq) -> Zn2+(aq) + H2O(l)
Is ferrous oxide acidic?
No, it is both acidic and basic, called amphoteric (='in between')Yes, it is amphoteric, at the same time it behaves like acid AND like base:it acts as an acid when in a base: FeO(s) + 2OH-(aq) +H20(l) -> [Fe(OH)4]2-(aq)it reacts as a base when in acid: FeO(s) + 2H+(aq) -> Fe2+(aq) + H2O(l)
What can act like and acid and bases?
These substances are called amphoteric.
What are the amphoteric properties of proteins?
Amphoteric properties of proteins due to the presence of free carboxylic and free amino groups at the end of protein it can react with acids and bases. In acidic medium protein carries positive charges at amino group and in alkaline medium it carries negative charges at carboxylic group.
HC3H5O2 acid or base?
This formula is actually valid for 7 types of compound, from which some are acidic (like Propionic acid) and some are base (like Methyl acetate)
Is water an acid or a base?
At pH 7 water is neutral. But... water is amphoteric- it can act as an acid or a base if the pH of 7 is disrupted. its acidic or base like properties depend on whether it is receiving or donating a proton. (acids-proton donars, bases-proton acceptors.
Is trytophan an acid or a base?
Like any other amino acid, tryptophan possesses both acidic and basic characteristics, referred to as amphoteric substances. It acts as an acid at pH below 5.89 and as a base at pH above 5.89. 5.89 here is the isoelectric point of tryptophan, a pH value where its overall charge is zero and wherein it neither acts as an acid, nor as a base.
Is radium hydroxide amphoteric?
No, radium hydroxide is not amphoteric. An amphoteric compound is one that has characteristics of and is capable of reacting like either an acid or a base. Radium is a metal from Group 2 of the periodic table, and these Alkaline Earth metals form hydroxides that are definitely basic in nature. In general, amphoteric compounds will not be formed by metals at the end or through the middle of the periodic table, but will include poor metals or metalloids in their makeup. An example might be aluminum hydroxide. We see the poor metal aluminum forming Al(OH)3 molecules, which display characteristics of amphoterism. A link can be found below for more information.
What is a compound formed from a positive ion of a base and the negative ion of an acid called?
AnswerIt sounds like you're referring to conjugate acid and conjugate base. See links at left.The result is salt.
