[CHM 111] Burdge question

[Andrew J. Pounds]

On 10/06/2015 06:29 PM, wrote:
> Hi dr. Pounds
>
> This is Michael tan and I had a question about about 4.30 in the textbook. I'm just confused about how you can determine whether the species is a bronsted acid or base without knowing the entire chemical formula?
>
> Thanks for the help

The ones that were ONLY Bronsted acids had a proton to donate.   The 
ones that were only bronsted bases did not have a proton to donate, but 
needed a proton.

The ones that were designated "both" were polyprotic weak acids. They 
had already lost one proton, could potentially get it back, and also 
could donate another one.



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Professor of Chemistry and Computer Science
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