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Unit 13 KO

This document outlines the key topics, concepts, and skills covered in Unit 13 of an A-Level Chemistry course on acids and bases. It includes definitions of important acid-base terms, descriptions of acid-base equilibria and pH, calculations involving strong and weak acids and bases, buffer solutions, and titration curves. The document provides example equations and problems to work through for each topic. It also lists learning objectives and requires students to complete practice questions to assess their understanding of acids and bases.

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Unit 13 KO

This document outlines the key topics, concepts, and skills covered in Unit 13 of an A-Level Chemistry course on acids and bases. It includes definitions of important acid-base terms, descriptions of acid-base equilibria and pH, calculations involving strong and weak acids and bases, buffer solutions, and titration curves. The document provides example equations and problems to work through for each topic. It also lists learning objectives and requires students to complete practice questions to assess their understanding of acids and bases.

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A-level Chemistry

Unit 13: Acids and Bases Knowledge Organiser

Specification Point Notes Understand Revised


3.1.12.1 – Bronsted-Lowry acid base equilibria
3.1.12.2 – Definition and determination of pH
3.1.12.3 – The ionic product of water
3.1.12.4 – Weak acids and bases
3.1.12.5 – pH curves, titrations and indicators
3.1.12.6 – Buffer action

1. Define the following terms. Give examples where relevant or the equation if appropriate

Acid

Base

Bronsted-Lowry base

Ionic

Ionisation

Ionic product

pH

Titration

Neutralisation

Titration curve

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Equivalence point

Monoprotic acid

Diprotic acid

End point

Half neutralisation point

Buffer

Salt

2. Go through the relevant content (the book may help here) and identify any relevant synoptic
content. Put the unit 13 topic and the synoptic topic:

Unit 13 content Synoptic content

3. Read the Maths section in the textbook (pages 24-271). Complete the questions 1-8 on
pages 267-271. Then mark these using the answers which can be found on FROG in the
Guided Learning folder.

4. Give the following equations for chapter 21 and a worked example of how to use each one.
(continued over page)

Proton transfer:

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Water as an acid:

Water as a base:

Ionisation of water including equilibrium expression, Kc:

Kw:

pH:

Finding [H+(aq)] from pH

Finding [OH-(aq)] from pH

The pH of strong acid solutions:

The dissociation of weak acids:

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Calculating the pH of weak acids:

Working out concentration of a monoprotic acid:

Working out concentration of a diprotic acid:

Half neutralisation point:

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Calculations on buffers:

pH change when an acid or base is added to a buffer:

5. Sketch the titration curves for the following combinations:


a) Strong acid and strong base
b) Strong acid and weak base
c) Weak acid and weak base
d) Weak acid and strong base

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6. Label the Titration equipment below. Write a full method for carrying out an acid-base
titration. You should make sure you include the following keywords in your method (these
are not the only words!): data logger, pH probe, calibrate, buffer, indicator, dropwise, end
point, neutralisation.

7. For each of the indicators described on page 74, summarise when you would use each one:

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8. Complete some past paper questions related to the content in unit 12. Attach them to this
booklet. You should include:
 2 extended response questions
 4 maths skill question
 2 practical questions
 4 multiple choice questions

9. In the box below list the areas of this unit you found most challenging

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