Unit 4 · Chemical Reactions

Chapter 4.4

Brønsted–Lowry Acids and Bases: Proton Transfer

Water is an acid, water is a base, and water is neither, all at once and all correct. Acidity is not a property of a substance but a transaction between two of them.

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By the end

  1. 01Identify the Brønsted–Lowry acid and base in a proton-transfer reaction
  2. 02Name conjugate acid–base pairs and compare their strengths
  3. 03Explain water's role as either proton donor or acceptor

In unit 4

  1. 4.1Writing What Happened: Evidence, Balanced Equations, and Net Ionic Equations
  2. 4.2Physical Change, Chemical Change, and the Three Kinds of Reaction
  3. 4.3Stoichiometry and Titration: How Much Reacts
  4. 4.4Brønsted–Lowry Acids and Bases: Proton Transfer
  5. 4.5Redox Reactions and Balancing with Half-Reactions
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