Higher Tier: acid strength differs from acid concentration
導入済み| English | 意味 |
|---|---|
| acid strength/ˈæsɪd streŋθ/ | 酸の強さ |
| partial ionisation/ˈpɑːʃl ˌaɪənaɪˈzeɪʃn/ | 部分的な電離 |
What would explain this observation?
- Higher Tier: A dilute strong acid and a concentrated weak acid describe two different comparisons. Strong is about ionisation; concentrated is about how much acid is present per solution volume.
- Start with a prediction. State the quantities or features you would compare, then decide what evidence could distinguish two explanations.
Build the model
- A strong acid is completely ionised in aqueous solution in this GCSE account. Hydrochloric, nitric and sulfuric acids are the named strong examples. A weak acid is only partially ionised; ethanoic, citric and carbonic acids are named examples. Dilute and concentrated describe acid amount per volume, whereas weak and strong describe degree of ionisation. One term cannot replace the other.
- acid strength 酸强度: The extent of ionisation of an acid in aqueous solution; partial ionisation 部分电离: Ionisation of only some acid particles in the stated aqueous equilibrium.
Which statement correctly distinguishes strength and concentration?
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Strength is how fully the acid ionises; concentration is how much acid is dissolved per volume. A concentrated WEAK acid and a dilute STRONG acid are both perfectly possible.
Match each technical term to its precise meaning.
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Use the definitions to distinguish related quantities and processes.
Choose evidence that can test it
- At a given concentration under comparable conditions, the stronger acid has lower pH because it produces greater hydrogen-ion concentration. Each decrease of one pH unit corresponds to a tenfold increase in H⁺ concentration. A decrease of two units means a hundredfold increase. Use whole-number pH comparisons in this source scope; do not treat pH as a linear concentration scale.
- Compare labelled solutions of known identity and concentration using supplied data or teacher-approved dilute samples and a calibrated pH probe. Separate a strength comparison at fixed concentration from a concentration comparison using the same acid. The GCSE strong-acid wording is a model; do not silently turn it into advanced assumptions about every dissociation step of concentrated sulfuric acid.
Which two habits make the investigation or model in this case more defensible?
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Stating the conditions and assumptions lets others repeat the work exactly, and recording the supporting evidence lets them check the conclusion. Hiding disagreeing results removes the evidence that could challenge a wrong conclusion, and one measurement can never establish a wider claim.
Work from known quantities
- State the known values and their units. Choose the relation because its assumptions fit this case, then rearrange before substitution.
- Known: solution A has pH 2 and solution B pH 5 under the stated conditions. A has 10³=1,000 times the H⁺ concentration of B. The pH values alone do not identify the acids or their total acid concentrations. A low pH can reflect both ionisation behaviour and the amount present.
Compare pH 3 with pH 6. How many times greater is H⁺ concentration at pH 3? Use the same sequence: known quantities → model → relation → substitution → unit and interpretation.
Compare pH 3 with pH 6. How many times greater is H⁺ concentration at pH 3?
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The result is 1000 times. Known: pH 3 versus pH 6. Each pH unit is a factor of 10 in H+ concentration. Difference = 3 units, so the ratio = 10^3 = 1,000 times greater at pH 3. pH alone cannot name the acids.
Check the conclusion and its limits
- Weak does not mean harmless and strong does not mean concentrated. Dilution does not change an acid’s named strong/weak classification. A neutral pH 7 solution is not ion-free; it has balanced acid–alkali character in the school account. Avoid predicting pH from a label alone without concentration and conditions.
- Return to the original observation. Explain what the result supports, which conditions it assumes, and one way to test a competing explanation.
A weak acid is necessarily safe to handle at any concentration. This claim is false: Weak means partially ionised, not harmless: concentrated ethanoic acid burns skin, and dilute hydrochloric acid - fully ionised, hence strong - is handled routinely. Strength, concentration and hazard are three separate properties.
Higher Tier: acid strength differs from acid concentration: At a given concentration under comparable conditions, the stronger acid has lower pH because it produces greater hydrogen-ion concentration. Each decrease of one pH unit corresponds to a tenfold increase in H⁺ concentration. A decrease of two units means a hundredfold increase. Use whole-number pH comparisons in this source scope; do not treat pH as a linear concentration scale.
A weak acid is necessarily safe to handle at any concentration.
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Weak means partially ionised, not harmless: concentrated ethanoic acid burns skin, and dilute hydrochloric acid - fully ionised, hence strong - is handled routinely. Strength, concentration and hazard are three separate properties.
The extent of ionisation of an acid in aqueous solution: write the technical term.
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acid strength means The extent of ionisation of an acid in aqueous solution.