'Conjugate' means ONE proton more (acid) or less (base) than the described acid or base respectively:
So the conjugate acid of ammonia (NH3) is the ammonium cation NH4+.
Acetic acid / acetate water / hydroxide ammonium / ammonia
The conjugate acid of any substance is given by removing an acidic hydrogen. In the case of ammonium ion, the conjugate base is ammonia.
They are the products of an acid-base reaction (by the Bronsted-Lowry definition). A conjugate base is what is left when an acid loses a proton (H+), for example the conjugate base of sulfuric acid (H2SO4) is the bisulfate ion (HSO4-). A conjugate acid is the product of a base gaining a proton, for example the conjugate acid of ammonia (NH3) is the ammonium ion (NH4+).
Ammonia (NH₃) is neutral, however if you add a hydrogen atom, it becomes a positive ammonium molecule (NH₄⁺). Also, ammonia dissociates into it's conjugate acid and conjugate base (which neutralize each other): 2NH₃ ⇌ NH₄⁺ + NH₂⁻
Acid + base conjugate base + conjugate acid
NH4+ is NH3's conjugate acid. NH3 accepts H+ to become a Bronsted-Lowry base.
Acetic acid / acetate water / hydroxide ammonium / ammonia
Acetic acid / acetate water / hydroxide ammonium / ammonia
The conjugate acid of any substance is given by removing an acidic hydrogen. In the case of ammonium ion, the conjugate base is ammonia.
They are the products of an acid-base reaction (by the Bronsted-Lowry definition). A conjugate base is what is left when an acid loses a proton (H+), for example the conjugate base of sulfuric acid (H2SO4) is the bisulfate ion (HSO4-). A conjugate acid is the product of a base gaining a proton, for example the conjugate acid of ammonia (NH3) is the ammonium ion (NH4+).
Ammonia (NH₃) is neutral, however if you add a hydrogen atom, it becomes a positive ammonium molecule (NH₄⁺). Also, ammonia dissociates into it's conjugate acid and conjugate base (which neutralize each other): 2NH₃ ⇌ NH₄⁺ + NH₂⁻
Acid + base conjugate base + conjugate acid
The conjugate acid of F- is HF.
The general reaction procedes as follows, assuming "A" is the conjugate base of an unspecified acid NH3+HA -->NH4A
In order to have an effective buffer, one needs to have a weak acid or a weak base, and the salt (conjugate) of that weak acid or weak base. Examples would be :weak acid/conjugate base: acetic acid/sodium acetateweak base/conjugate acid: ammonia/ammonium chloride
HNO2 conjugate acid = one more hydrogen conjugate base = one less hydrogen
The conjugate acid is the acetic acid, CH3COOH.