Question

A lab director asks two students, Lydia and Damien, to each select a bottle of a concentrated weak base. When they reach the cabinets, they find different chemical solutions with varying concentrations. All of the options are bases. Which bottles should they choose? Lydia should select the bottle of ___. Damien should select the bottle of ___.

Answer 1

Answer

Lydia should select the bottle of acetic acid ,while Damien should select the bottle of ammonia

Explanation:

• acetic acid because it will only partially separate into hydrogen ions and acetate ions when it becomes a solution in water.
• Similarly ammonia it does not contain hydroxide ions, but only a fraction of it will accept protons (+charge)from water to form ammonium ions and hydroxide ions.