Lecture 21: Acid-Base Equilibrium: Is MIT Water Safe to Drink?

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Topics

 
  1. Definitions and Relationships between pKw, pH, and pOH
  2. Strengths of Acids and Bases
  3. Equilibrium Acid-Base Problems (Weak Acids and Weak Bases)

Lecture Video

If the pH of water was 2, would you drink it? What about if the water had a pH of 11? The lecture introduces the concept of pH and we measure the pH of various common solutions.

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Lecture Notes

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Clicker Questions

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Textbook Reading

TOPICS 5th EDITION 4th EDITION
Weak Acids and Bases Sections 11.7–11.9 Sections 10.7–10.9
The pH of Solutions of Weak Acids and Bases Sections 11.11–11.13 Sections 10.11–10.13

Problems and Solutions

Problems for Lecture 21 (PDF)

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