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This is necessary because drugs need to be able to pass through cell membranes ( that's exclude strong acids and bases) and dissolve in the stomach and blood ( that's favor acids and bases). If a compound is too basic or acidic, it won't be able to cross the cell membranes and leave the digestive tract; if it's not acidic or basic at all, it won't dissolve well in the blood so it won't be carried efficiently throughout the body.
If you want to get a little more into the chemistry of it, acids and bases gain and lose protons, which gives them ionic charges. Charged particles dissolve well in water, so acids and bases dissolve well. Charged particles can't pass throu...gh layers of uncharged molecules like those that make up the cell membrane, though. Weak acids and bases have the advantage that they're sometimes in their ionized state and sometimes in their unionized state, so they can dissolve, get through the cell membrane and then re-dissolve in the blood.
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∙ 11y agosome oral drugs are weak acids but most of oral drugs are weak bases
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Can every strong electrolyte be considered a strong acid?
No. Many strong electrolytes are bases or neutral salts.
How are strong acids converted to weaker ones?
Buffer systems. They convert strong acids or bases into weak acids or bases.
What are weak acids or weak bases that can react with strong acids or bases to keep the pH?
Solutions containing these mixtures are called buffers.
The metabolic processes usually adds acids or bases to the blood?
It adds Acids to the blood, and they are Strong.
What is electrolytic method?
Weak electrolytic solutions are solutions that do not conduct electricity very well. Weak bases, weak acids and molecular compounds are examples of weak electrolytic solutions. The two examples of these acids include HF and NH3. An example of one of these bases is Ch3COOH.
In a chemical equation weak acids and weak bases are usually recognizable by the .?
In a chemical equation, weak acids and weak bases are usually recognizable by the _______.
What is the lowest pH to the highest pH?
Lowest pH, strong acids, then weak acids, then salts of strong acids and strong bases, then salts of weak acids and strong bases, then weak bases, then strong bases. All very confusing!
Can every strong electrolyte be considered a strong acid?
No. Many strong electrolytes are bases or neutral salts.
Why are Carboxylic acids considered weak acids?
Because the conjugate bases are unstable the carboxylic acids are weak acids.
What are weak electrolytes in water?
weak acids/bases.
What is a Chemical compounds that converts strong acids or bases into weak acids or bases?
buffers
Do weak bases react with acids?
yes
How are strong acids converted to weaker ones?
Buffer systems. They convert strong acids or bases into weak acids or bases.
What are weak acids or bases that react with strong acids or bases to prevent sharp or sudden changes?
Buffers.
Do strong acids or bases react more easily with materials than do weak acids and bases?
no they act stronger
Strong acids or bases react more easily with materials than do weak acids and bases?
no they act stronger
How was salt named?
How strong or weak the acids or bases are.
