Acidic Environment Essay

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FAST TRACK" HSC 
 Chemistry" The Acidic Environment" By Meihua Gong S " Acidic Discoveries! FAST TRACK" Le Chatelier’s Principle HSC 
 Chemistry" Titra>on and standard solu>ons Esterifica>on S KEY QUESTION : How did knowledge of the composi>on and proper>es of acids has led to changes in the defini>on of acids? Modified from Q 21(5 marks) from 2005 HSC S Antoine Lavoisier S Based on the observa>ons that many non-­‐metal oxides (e.g. SO2, CO2) dissolve in water to form acidic solu>ons, in 1779, Lavoisier proposed that the presence of oxygen in chemical compounds were the cause of acidity of substances. S LIMITATION: This theory failed to explain why oxygen-­‐containing compounds such as MgO formed basic solu>ons in water and why acids such as HCl was acidic even though it did not contain elemental oxygen in its composi>on. Sir Humphrey Davy S Based on the experimental observa>on that metals could displace hydrogen from acids and that HCI does not contain oxygen. In 1800s, Davy proposed that acidic substances are substances that contain replaceable hydrogen S LIMITATION: This theory failed to provide an explana>on for the existence of acids of varying strengths, i.e. strong and weak. Svante Arrhenius S In 1884, based on

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