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SALT HYDROLYSIS
Salt Hydrolysis: reaction of the anions or cations in a salt with water to form an acidic or basic solution.
Although salts are products of neutralization reaction,
they do not all form neutral aqueous solutions
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Anion Hydrolysis
A- + H
20(l) <=> HA(aq) + OH-(aq)
The anion is a conjugate base, when the acid is weak this conjugate is strong enough to hydrolyze water
The release of OH- causes an increase of the PH
Cation Hydrolysis
Example:
The salt of a weak acid (CH3COOH) and a strong base (NaOH) Completely
ionizes in solution:
CH3COONa CH3COO- + Na+
CH3COO- acts as a base
CH3COO- + H
2O => CH3COOH + OH
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Example:
Ammonium Chloride (NH4Cl)
NH4Cl is the salt of a strong acid (HCl) and a weak base (NH3)
Completely ionizes in solution:
NH4Cl + H2O(l) NH4+
(aq) + Cl-(aq)
NH4+ acts as an acid in water
NH4+
(aq) + H2O (l) => H+(aq) + NH3(aq)
METAL IONS
Metal ions are small and have two or three positive charges can hydrolyze water
Example: AL3+
<==>
3+
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=> O-H bond is broken to release H+
-3+ 2+
+ H+
[Al(H2O)6]3+
(aq) <==>
[Al(H
2O)
5OH]
2+(aq)+ H
+Metals ions that are able to hydrolyze are Be2+, Al3+ and transition
metals as Fe3+
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Acid Base Titration is used for neutralization reaction
Obtaining titration curves
When a base is added to an acid the PH will change
To follow the reaction we measure:
The pH and the volume of the base added (concentration base known)
We will look at four main titration curves.
1 Strong Acid and strong Base
2 Weak Acid and strong Base
3 Strong Acid and weak Base
4 Weak Acid and Weak Base
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Titration of a Strong Acid with a Strong Base
NaOH (aq) + HCl (aq) Na
+(aq) + Cl
-(aq) + H
2
O(l)
Add standard NaOH to an unknown solution of HCl
p
H
NaOH Volume (ml)
2
4
6
8
10
12
Phenolphthalien
The correct graph shows the following for a Strong acid with a strong Base
1 Initial pH = 1 (PH of a strong acid)
2 pH = Changes gradually until equivalence point
3 There is a sharp jump in PH at equivalence point (and between 3-11)
4 After equivalence point the pH is high
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p
H
NaOH Volume (ml)
2
4
6
8
10
12
Titration of a Weak Acid with a Strong Base
NaOH (aq) + CH
3CO
2H (aq)
Na
+(aq) + CH
3
CO
2-(aq) + H
2O(l)
Add standard NaOH to an unknown solution of CH
3CO
2H
Buffer Region
CH3CO2- accumulates, making a
CH3CO2H/CH3CO2- buffer Equivalence Point
Mol H+ = mol OH- added
Midpoint (Half of the acid neutralized) [CH3CO2H] = [CH3CO2- ]
The correct graph shows the following for a weak acid with strong Base
1 Initial PH is fairly high (PH of a weak acid)
2 PH stays relative constant until equivalence (buffer region) 3 There is a jump in PH at equivalence (and between 7-11)
not a big jump as with titration of a strong acid with a strong base.
4 After equivalence point the ph flattens out at high value (strong base)
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A
Titration of a Strong Acid with a weak Base
A
B
Titration of a Strong Acid with a weak Base
The correct graph shows the following for a Strong acid with a weak Base
1 Initial PH = 1 (PH of a strong acid)
2 PH stays relative constant through buffer region
3 There is a jump in PH at equivalence from PH3 to PH 7
4 After equivalence the curve flattens out at a fairly low PH
5 PH at equivalence <7
The correct graph shows the following for a Weak acid with a weak Base
1 Initial PH is fairly high (PH of a weak acid)
2 Addition of base causes the PH to rise gradually
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pH 0 1 2 3 4 5 6
pH 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
INDICATORS
Indicators signal change in PH
Range and Color Changes of Some Common Acid-Base Indicators
Indicators
pH Scale
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Methyl orange red 3.1 – 4.4 yellow
Methyl red red 4.4 6.2 yellow
Bromthymol blue yellow 6.2 7.6 blue
Neutral red red 6.8 8.0 yellow
Phenolphthalein colorless 8.0 10.0 red colorless beyond 13.0