Solution stoichiometry acid-base

The quantitative aspects of acid-base chemistry obey the principles Introduced earlier in this chapter. The common acid-base reactions that are important in general chemistry take place in aqueous solution, so acid-base stoichiometry uses molarities and volumes extensively. Example Illustrates the essential features of aqueous acid-base stoichiometry. 

Chapter 10 Reattions in Aqueous Solutions I Acids, Bases, and Salts) and Chapter 11 (Reactions in Aqueous Solutions II Calculations) include comprehensive discussions of acid-base and redox reactions in aqueous solutions and solution stoichiometry calculations for acid-base and redox reactions. 

As indicated by the flow diagram in Figure 3.5, using molarity is critical for carrying out stoichiometry calculations on substances in solution. Molarity makes it possible to calculate the volume of one solution needed to react with a given volume of another solution. This sort of calculation is particularly important in acid-base chemistry, as shown in Worked Example 3.14. 

A pH titration curve is a plot of the pH of a solution as a function of the volume of base (or acid) added in the course of an acid-base titration. For a strong acid-strong base titration, the titration curve exhibits a sharp change in pH in the region of the equivalence point, the point at which stoichiometri-... 

When a strong acid or base undergoes a complete ionization in solution, the concentrations of the newly formed ions can be understood using basic stoichiometry principles. This is because essentially all of the acid is converted to ions. With weaker acids and bases, equilibrium is established between the ions, much like the equilibria studied in the last chapter. The concentrations of the ions must be determined by using an equilibrium constant, K. The equilibrium constants used to describes acid-base equilibria are in the same form as Kc from the last chapter. Well use the dissociation of acetic acid to begin our description of the new equilibrium constant. 

Titration — A process for quantitative analysis in which measured increments of a - titrant are added to a solution of an - analyte until the reaction between the analyte and titrant is considered as complete at the - end point [i]. The aim of this process is to determine the amount of an analyte in a -> sample. In addition, the determination can involve the measurement of one or several physical and/or chemical properties from which a relationship between the measured parameter/s and the concentration of the analyte is established. It is also feasible to measure the amount of a - titrand that is added to react with a fixed volume of titrant. In both cases, the -> stoichiometry of the reaction must be known. Additionally, there has to be a means such as a -> titration curve or an - indicator to recognize that the -> end point has been reached. The nature of the reaction between the titrant and the analyte is commonly indicated by terms like acid-base, complexometric, redox, precipitation, etc. [ii]. Titrations can be performed by addition of measured volume/mass increments of a solution,... 

We will now deal with the stoichiometry of acid-base reactions in aqueous solutions. The procedure is fundamentally the same as that used previously. 

The early chapters in this book deal with chemical reactions. Stoichiometry is covered in Chapters 3 and 4, with special emphasis on reactions in aqueous solutions. The properties of gases are treated in Chapter 5, followed by coverage of gas phase equilibria in Chapter 6. Acid-base equilibria are covered in Chapter 7, and Chapter 8 deals with additional aqueous equilibria. Thermodynamics is covered in two chapters Chapter 9 deals with thermochemistry and the first law of thermodynamics Chapter 10 treats the topics associated with the second law of thermodynamics. The discussion of electrochemistry follows in Chapter 11. Atomic theory and quantum mechanics are covered in Chapter 12, followed by two chapters on chemical bonding and modern spectroscopy (Chapters 13 and 14). Chemical kinetics is discussed in Chapter 15, followed by coverage of solids and liquids in Chapter 16, and the physical properties of solutions in Chapter 17. A systematic treatment of the descriptive chemistry of the representative elements is given in Chapters 18 and 19, and of the transition metals in Chapter 20. Chapter 21 covers topics in nuclear chemistry and Chapter 22 provides an introduction to organic chemistry and to the most important biomolecules. 

In contrast to boron-centered Lewis acids, tin and titanium derivatives prefer a 1 2 (acidibase) stoichiometry in complexation with carbonyls. and H NMR spectra of an equimolar solution of SnCU and 4-r-butylbenzaldehyde showed sign s only for free ligand and a 1 2 (acid base) complex over a wide temperature range. Only with excesses of SnCU was any 1 1 adduct observed and even in the presence of 10 equiv. of Lewis acid, only 25% of the 1 1 complex could be detected. Intermolecular exchange in this case was shown to be slow below -40 "C and no syn-anti isomerization could be detected. 

Acid-base titration The stoichiometry of an acid-hase neutralization reaction is the same as that of any other reaction that occurs in solution. In the antacid reaction you just read about, one mole of magnesium hydroxide neutralizes two moles of hydrochloric acid. 

Stoichiometry provides the basis for a procedure called titration, which is used to determine the concentrations of acidic and basic solutions. Titration is a method for determining the concentration of a solution by reacting a known volume of the solution with a solution of known concentration. If you wished to find the concentration of an acid solution, you would titrate the acid solution with a solution of a base of known concentration. You also could titrate a base of unknown concentration with an acid of known concentration. How is an acid-base titration carried out Figure 19-16 illustrates the equipment used for the following titration procedure using a pH meter. 

Reaction Stoichiometry in Solutions Acid-Base Titrations... 

Chemical reactions are frequently carried out in solution, and their description requires modifications to the rules of stoichiometry described in Chapter 2. We illustrate these modified rules by the important analytical techniques of titration in acid-base and oxidation-reduction reactions. 

According to Chapter 11, an acid is a substance that upon dissolving in water increases the concentration of hydronium (H30 ) ions above the value found in pure water, and a base is a substance that increases the concentration of hydroxide (OH ) ions above its value in pure water. Despite the careful language, it is commonplace to view acids and bases as substances that dissociate to give protons (which upon hydration become hydronium ions) and hydroxide ions, respectively. If the dissociation is complete, we can easily calculate the concentration of hydronium and hydroxide ions in the solution and then calculate the yield of acid-base neutralization reactions, and acid-base titrations, by the methods of stoichiometry in solution. But experience shows that many acid-base reactions do not go to completion. So, to predict the amount (or concentration) of... 

Titrations are widely used in analytical chemistry to determine acids, bases, oxidants, reductants, metal ions, proteins, and many other species. Titrations are based on a reaction between the analyte and a standard reagent known as the titrant. The reaction is of known and reproducible stoichiometry. The volume, or the mass, of the titrant needed to react essentially completely with the analyte is determined and used to obtain the quantity of analyte. A volume-based titration is shown in this figure, in which the standard solution is added from a buret, and the reaction occurs in the Erlenmeyer flask. In some titrations, known as coulometric titrations, the quantity of charge needed to completely consume the analyte is obtained. In any titration, the point of chemical equivalence, experimentally called the end point, is signaled by an indicator color change or a change in an instrumental response. 

The stoichiometry of the proton in Eqs. (10.7) and (10.8) (denoted by j) is a collective term that represents three possible configurations for the M Hy cit +- - (6Z ) complex. The value of j is 1 when Hc iP occurs in the complex, as in MHcif (6Z ). In this instance, a single carboxyl and the hydroxyl are protonated on the citrate molecule. Such complexes are significant only when solution pH values are less than 4. More commonly, j is zero or negative, the latter representing either the occurrence of H iciP in the complex (all citrate moieties ionized) [as in MH icit (ag)], or the occurrence of H ciP and a metal hydrolysis product in the complex [as in MOH(H icit)2 (ag)]. Chemical models derived from potentiometric acid-base titration studies cannot distinguish between the two potential proton sources (citrate hydroxyl or metal-bound water), as titrations... 

An acid-base reaction is often called a neutralization reaction. When just enough strong base is added to react exactly with the strong acid in a solution, we say the acid has been neutralized. One product of this reaction is always water. The steps in dealing with the stoichiometry of any neutralization reaction are the same as those we followed previously. 

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