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Cat Links Physical chemistry

How to explain the shape of a titration curve

Posted on April 29, 2022October 2, 2024 Sarah Parkes

1.  Strong acid – strong base titrations Imagine we are titrating a strong acid such as hydrochloric acid against a

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Cat Links Physical chemistry

What are conjugate acid-base pairs?

Posted on April 26, 2022November 18, 2024 Sarah Parkes

We should start by appreciating that in reality many acid-base reactions are equilibrium reactions, even if it doesn’t appear obvious

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How to define an acid or a base?

Posted on April 26, 2022November 18, 2024 Sarah Parkes

At GCSE we defined acids as substances that ionised in water to give hydrogen ions, and an alkali dissolved in

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