Tutorials and Problem Sets

Tutorials

1. Observable Properties of Acids and Bases
2. Early Acid Base Theories: Lavoisier and Davy
3. Svante Arrhenius' Theory of Acids and Bases
4. Johannes Brønsted and Thomas Lowry: Broadening the Concept of Acids and Bases
5. Sören Sörenson and the pH scale
6. A warning about pH (and pOH) and sigificant figures
7. A warning about putting numbers into the calculator
8. Strong and Weak Acids: Definitions and Descriptions
9. K_w: The Behavior of Water and The Relationship Between pH and pOH
10. The pH of a Strong Acid or Base
11. Intro to K_a: The Acid Ionization Constant
12. Intro to K_b: The Base Ionization Constant
13. The Five Percent Rule
14. A Trick pH Question
15. K_aK_b = K_w
16. What are Salts?
17. The Hydrolysis of Salts in Water
18. A Brief Introduction to Hydrolysis Calculations
19. Introduction to Buffers
20. Buffers: The Henderson-Hasselbalch Equation
21. The Lewis Definition of Acids and Bases
    • Examples of Lewis Acids
    • Examples of Lewis Bases
22. Titration
    • Titration to the equivalence point: Calculating amounts
    • Titration to the equivalence point (strong/strong): Calculating pH
    • Titration to the equivalence point (strong/weak): Calculating pH
    • Equivalence point: Titration curves and acid-base indicators

Problem Sets

See separate problem list.

Other Resources

Videos

See separate video list.

Links

1. A link to a site with a short explanation about using logarithms

Miscellaneous

1. Classroom Practice in Solving Weak Acid and Weak Base Problems
2. Additional worksheets and lecture notes for interested students