Thursday, April 14, 2011

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Today we went over pages 9 and 10. Finish page 5 for homework along with the bottom of page 4.

Remember, Molarity and Concentration are the same thing. The formula is Moles of Solute/Liters of Solution.

We also took notes about a pH Scale.

It is a scale that determines how acidic or basic a solution is.
It ranges from 0 to 14.
Below 7- Acid
7- Neutral
Above 7- Base

We can use mathematical expressions that have been determined experimentally to solve for concentrations, plt, and pOH.

1. pH= -log [H+]
2. pOH= -log[OH-]
3. pH+pOH=14
4. [H+]=10^(-pH) <- this is how you find the molarity of the acid
5. [OH-]=10^(-pOH) <- this is how you find the molarity of the base
just use these formulas to help with the homework... that was basically all we talked about.

I would personally like to go over the reason why we keep circling OH and H in the problems. I get that it has a certain meaning, but I wasn't there that day so I am out of the loop. Thanks!