Acids and Bases, pH and pOH

We've all heard the terms acid and base. What do these mean? Don't just tell me about pH, silly. What structural detail makes a molecule an acid or a base? You don't know? Well, you'd better watch this then. You don't want to be embarrassed at the water cooler.

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[michellequinn]

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[JDLambright]

I had been struggling with understanding conjugate acids and bases. Within the first two minutes of your video, I understood a concept that I had been struggling with for weeks! Thanks Professor Dave!

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[tyephan]

Thank you so much!! This was one of the only sources I could find that explained how to predict the stability of a conjugate base using atomic structure. I knew there had to be something that determined it, but most sources I found just said to memorize the list of strong acids -_-