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Ch.1 - Intro to General Chemistry
Ch.2 - Atoms & Elements
Ch.3 - Chemical Reactions
BONUS: Lab Techniques and Procedures
BONUS: Mathematical Operations and Functions
Ch.4 - Chemical Quantities & Aqueous Reactions
Ch.5 - Gases
Ch.6 - Thermochemistry
Ch.7 - Quantum Mechanics
Ch.8 - Periodic Properties of the Elements
Ch.9 - Bonding & Molecular Structure
Ch.10 - Molecular Shapes & Valence Bond Theory
Ch.11 - Liquids, Solids & Intermolecular Forces
Ch.12 - Solutions
Ch.13 - Chemical Kinetics
Ch.14 - Chemical Equilibrium
Ch.15 - Acid and Base Equilibrium
Ch.16 - Aqueous Equilibrium
Ch.17 - Chemical Thermodynamics
Ch.18 - Electrochemistry
Ch.19 - Nuclear Chemistry
Ch.20 - Organic Chemistry
Ch.22 - Chemistry of the Nonmetals
Ch.23 - Transition Metals and Coordination Compounds
Sections
Acids Introduction
Bases Introduction
Binary Acids
Oxyacids
Bases
Amphoteric Species
Arrhenius Acids and Bases
Bronsted-Lowry Acids and Bases
Lewis Acids and Bases
The pH Scale
Auto-Ionization
Ka and Kb
pH of Strong Acids and Bases
Ionic Salts
pH of Weak Acids
pH of Weak Bases
Diprotic Acids and Bases
Diprotic Acids and Bases Calculations
Triprotic Acids and Bases
Triprotic Acids and Bases Calculations
Additional Guides
Conjugate Acids and Bases

Auto-ionization is when one water molecule acts as an acid and another acts as a base.

Auto-Ionization

Concept #1: Through auto-ionization the ionization constant of water can be determined.

Concept #2: Like other equilibrium constants, Kw is also affected by changes in temperature.

Example #1: A particular aqueous solution at 50ºC contains 3.7 x 10-4 M of hydronium ions. Calculate the [OH-] and identify solution as acidic, basic, or neutral.

Practice: Chemistry student prepared an aqueous solution at 30ºC. If the solutions contains 7.42 × 10−9 M of hydroxide ions, calculate the pH.

Practice: Calculate the Kw of pure water given the pH = 6.34.