Acids and Bases

5. Acids, bases, and salts are three classes of compounds that form ions in water solutions.

As a basis for understanding this concept, students know:

a. the observable properties of acids, bases and salt solutions.
b. acids are hydrogen-ion-donating and bases are hydrogen-ion-accepting substances.
c. strong acids and bases fully dissociate and weak acids and bases partially dissociate.
d. how to use the pH scale to characterize acid and base solutions.
e.* the Arrhenius, Bronsted-Lowry, and Lewis acid-base definitions.
f.* how to calculate pH from the hydrogen ion concentration.
g.* buffers stabilize pH in acid-base reactions.

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