the principles with the proton-transfer reaction stuff are relatively simple but in certain equations how do you know what the base will be and what the acid will be?
like in this one water is the acid while ammonia is the base
NH3 (AQ) + H20 (L) ===> (BACK AND FORTH ARROW) NH4+ (AQ) + OH- (AQ)
Ok I get why they say that H20 is the acid, but if you weren't given the products, how would you know which one would transfer the proton and which one would accept it? cause otherwise i have no idea how to find the products. Thanks in advance.
2007-10-28 09:37:00 · 1 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
If you were not given the products, then you would just have to "know" them. In your chem course, the prof lets you know by giving you the NH3(aq) + H2O, and telling you, okay, boys and girls, in the Bronsted-Lowry whatsit, what are the products? And once he clues you to the answer, you mark it in.
2007-10-28 10:09:47 · answer #1 · answered by steve_geo1 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋