The polar water molecules pull on the ions of the base.
The _____________ of an acid and a base is determined by how completely they dissociate in water. strength
base
Strong bases dissociate or ionize completely. Weak bases dissociate or ionize only partially. The degree to which they ionize/dissociate is given by the Kb for each weak base.
Yes. That's essentially the definition of "strong base".
So, ammonium hydroxide is a weak base. Weak base means that it dissociate slightly in water, that is, it does not dissociate 100% in water. This is because, when ammounium hydroxide reacts with water it forms hydrogen ions. But as the reaction is very revesible it will never react completely with water, that is, it will never dissociate completely with water. Thus, it is a weak base.
The _____________ of an acid and a base is determined by how completely they dissociate in water. strength
base
Strong bases dissociate or ionize completely. Weak bases dissociate or ionize only partially. The degree to which they ionize/dissociate is given by the Kb for each weak base.
Yes. That's essentially the definition of "strong base".
So, ammonium hydroxide is a weak base. Weak base means that it dissociate slightly in water, that is, it does not dissociate 100% in water. This is because, when ammounium hydroxide reacts with water it forms hydrogen ions. But as the reaction is very revesible it will never react completely with water, that is, it will never dissociate completely with water. Thus, it is a weak base.
The polar water molecules pull apart the ions of the acid or base
The ions of ammonia do not fully dissociate in aqueous solution.
Strong acids dissociate almost completely making H+ ions while strong bases also dissociate completely making OH-
Nope. They just don't fully dissociate. The molecules don't break apart completely.
becomes fully ionized They dissociate fully / ionize fully into OH- ions.
Bases dissolve in water and donate hydroxide ions to solution. It will dissociate.
polar water molecules pull apart the acid or base by pulling on the charged ions.