help on dot points (1 Viewer)

[Sirius Black]

-use available evidence to model the molecular nature of acids and simulate the ionisation of strong and weak acids

Is drawing molecular formulae and process of ionisation enough for answering this dot point?

 

[meLoncoLLie]

yes, but you'd need to know what the molecular structure would look like 3D-wise

 

[Sirius Black]

er, do u mean something like the angle between bonds and forces between molecules?

 

[meLoncoLLie]

oops, my bad. knowing the 3D structure isn't that important. what they want you to do is to understand how the acid molecule ionises by performing the process yourself with a molecular model (for example, you make a CH3COOH molecule and take away a H atom from the COOH group) as long as you understand the process, you won't have to bother with making the models

 

[xiao1985]

know acid are molecules, nto lattice...

know that str acid has virtually ALL molecules stripped of proton(s)
wk acid has little if any molecues stripped of proton(s)