CHEM 1032 Chapter Notes - Chapter 15: Hydrofluoric Acid, Svante Arrhenius, Litmus
9 Mar 2016
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Acids have the following general properties: a sour taste, the ability to dissolve many metals, the ability to turn blue litmus paper red; and the ability to neutralize bases. Bases have the following general properties: a bitter taste; a slippery feel; the ability to turn red litmus paper blue; and the ability to neutralize acids. Alkaloids- organic bases found in plants that is often poisonous. Bases feel slippery because they react with oils on the skin to form soap like substances. There are two different ways we can determine which molecule is an acid or base. The arrhenius definition: swedish chemist svante arrhenius proposed the following. Cl (aq) see how there is hydrogen ions. H always associate with water molecules to forum hydronium ions. Under the arrhenius definition, acids and bases naturally combine to form water, neutralizing each other in the process: The bronsted-lowry definition focuses on the transfer of.
