Why do all bases possess common properties?
Hint: What do the names of some bases have in common?
i know the hint is that they all have OH-.
but i still don't get why.. =\
2007-03-14 13:03:07 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
OH + H--------> H2O, which is water. Bases contain OH groups so that they can "cancel out" the hydrogens from acids to get water, thus "neutralizing" the acid. Acids characteristically have one or more hydrogen molecules attached to them, and so these bases "accept," or neutralize these H atoms.
2007-03-14 13:06:19 · answer #1 · answered by J Z 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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If that were true , How do you explain:
Sodium Acetate ,
Calcium Oxalate
Ammonia;
Carbonate
These are all basic and considered bases.
A base is either a "Proton" acceptor or am electron Donor
(That is " Pro - ton" like elec-tron
neu-tron)
OH-
NH3-
CO3--
CH3COO-
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2007-03-14 13:21:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
hydroxides, because bases are protien accpeters, and acids are protein donars. (thats a simple way, and one way to look at it)
2007-03-14 13:08:39 · answer #3 · answered by matthew 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋