Acids, Bases and Salts

CHEMISTRY SSS1 Second Term

WEEK 9

Acids, Bases, and Salts

Performance Objectives

The student should be able to:

1. State the characteristics of acids, base, and salts
2. Preparation of acids, base, and salts.
3. Uses of acids base and salts.

Content

Acids

An acid is a substance which when dissolved in water produces hydrogen ions, as the only positive ions. e.g.

HCl ⇌ H⁺ + Cl^-

HNO₃ ⇌ H⁺ + NO₃‑

This process is known as ionization. The characteristic properties of acid are due to the presence of these hydrogen ions.

Acids are classified as organic and inorganic acids. Organic are natural products from plants and animals e.g tartaric acid from grape, lactic acid from milk,…