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Why is distilled water a base?
Distilled water is not a base.
What is formed when an acid and a base is mixed?
when an acid and a base combine, salt and water are formed. This process of reaction of an acid and base is called neutralisation.
Why sodium carbonate being a salt acts as an alkali metal?
It is not an alkali metal, but it is alkaline. The carbonate ion is a weak base; it reacts with water in small amounts to form bicarbonate ions and hydroxide ions.
How does a base affect the pH of water?
A base or alkali affects the pH water by increasing it.
Why is water always the product of neutralization?
acid + base → salt + water a salt and water are formed from the reaction between an acid and a base
Why is ammonia considered a base when dissolved in water?
it acts as a proton acceptor
Is NH3OH a strong base?
It is a weak base because it does not completely ionize when dissolved in water.
When ammonia is added to water does it act as an acid or a base?
When ammonia is added to water, it acts as a base. This is because according to Lewis Concept of Acids and Bases, a lone pair donor is a base. NH(3) donates its lone pair to H+ ion from water and hence is a base.
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.
How does acid behave chemically?
Water is amphoteric. It can act as a weak base or a weak acid. When it is acting as a weak acid, it donates a proton. For instance, it acts as such with ammonia: NH3 + H2O --> NH4+ + OH-
Does water act as an acid or base with Ammonia?
Water always acts as an acid with Ammonia ,water donates H+ ions forming the Ammonium ion NH4+.
How does a Bronsted-Lowry acid form its conjugate base when dissolved in water?
The anion of Lowery-Bronsted acid acts as the conjugate base in this case, for example the conjugate base of HCl is Cl anion.
Write equation for reaction of eugenol with sodium hydroxide and explain why the product is soluble in water?
Eugenol acts as an acid, NaOH acts as the base. NaOH strips a proton from eugenol, forming a salt, Na(eugenol(minus)H) and water.
What happens when hydrochloric acid and water are together?
The simplest way to answer this is to say that water can act as an acid or a base - giving up a proton (H+) or taking one. When put with an acid, it acts as a base and therefore accepts the proton from the acid. acid + base <---> acid + base HCl + H2O <---> Cl- + H3O+
Why is water considered to be amphoteric?
An amphoteric molecule can, under the right conditions, release either a free hydrogen ion (H+) or a free hydroxide ion (OH-). Water is made out of a hydrogen ion and a hydroxide ion, so you can create reactions that go either way. Hence, under the appropriate conditions water acts like an acid; while under other conditions, it acts as a base. Water acts as an acid, releasing H+ ions, when it reacts with a base stronger than itself. H-OH + NH3 ---> NH4+ + OH- Water acts as a base, releasing OH- ions, when it reacts with an acid stronger than itself. H-OH + HCl ---> H3O+ + Cl-
How sodium bicarbonate neutralize the Acid Rain?
Sodium bicarbonate gives hydrogencarbonate ions which can produce carbondioxide and water with protons. It acts as a weak base.
What is brownsted acid base theory?
the Bronsted-Lowry theory classifies a substance as an acid if it acts as a proton(H+) donor, and as a base if it acts as a proton acceptor.
