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    Identifying An Electrolyte Difference Between Strong and Weak Electrolytes

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    The document discusses the differences between strong and weak electrolytes. It provides steps to determine if a compound is an electrolyte: (1) is it ionic or molecular; (2) if molecular, is it an acid or base; (3) if an acid or base, is it a strong acid/base or weak acid/base. Strong electrolytes like salts ionize completely, while weak electrolytes only partially ionize. Nonelectrolytes do not ionize at all.

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    The document discusses the differences between strong and weak electrolytes. It provides steps to determine if a compound is an electrolyte: (1) is it ionic or molecular; (2) if molecular, is it an acid or base; (3) if an acid or base, is it a strong acid/base or weak acid/base. Strong electrolytes like salts ionize completely, while weak electrolytes only partially ionize. Nonelectrolytes do not ionize at all.

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    The document discusses the differences between strong and weak electrolytes. It provides steps to determine if a compound is an electrolyte: (1) is it ionic or molecular; (2) if molecular, is it an acid or base; (3) if an acid or base, is it a strong acid/base or weak acid/base. Strong electrolytes like salts ionize completely, while weak electrolytes only partially ionize. Nonelectrolytes do not ionize at all.

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    Identifying an electrolyte Difference between strong and

    weak electrolytes
    A) Is the compound ionic or molecular?
    Ionic: it is a strong electrolyte Assume all salts are strong electrolytes.
    Note: it could be insoluble Memorize strong acids and bases
    Molecular ??? Table 5.2 of Moore, Stanitski, Jurs
    Table 4.1 of Brown, LeMay, Bursten
    B) If it is molecular, is it an acid or a base?
    Yes: it is a strong or weak electrolyte If a compound is an acid or a base, but NOT
    No: it is a non electrolyte. one of the strong acids or bases, then it
    MUST be a weak electrolyte.
    Examples of electrolytes (strong or weak)
    Acids donate H+(aq)
    Common misconception:
    Bases accept H+(aq)
    Salts formed by replacing one or more Electrolytes are ionic compounds
    H+ of an acid with another cation
    NOT TRUE
    Examples of non-electrolytes:
    • Strong electrolytes – ionic or molecular
    Alcohols
    Carbohydrates (sugar) compounds that ionize completely in
    Aldehydes, ketones solution.

    • Weak electrolytes– molecular compounds


    that are partially ionized in solution.

    • Nonelectrolytes – molecular compounds


    that do not ionize in solution

    Mary Bojan 09/06/01 Mary Bojan 09/06/01


    Water soluble
    Compound

    molecular ionic

    Is it an acid?

    Yes No Strong
    electrolyte

    Is it a strong acid? Is it a molecular base?


    (eg. NH3)

    Yes no

    yes no
    Strong weak
    Electrolyte electrolyte

    weak non electrolyte


    electrolyte

    Mary Bojan 09/06/01

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