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Topic 8: Acids, Bases, and Salts

6. Formula of acids and bases: Determining formulas of acids or bases based on properties

1. Which aqueous solution contains OH- ions as the only negative ion in the solution?
1) NH4Cl (aq) 2) NH3(aq) 3) H2SO4 (aq) 4) HCl (aq)


2. Which substance will produce hydrogen ion as the only positive charge in a solution?


3) LiOH

1) H2CO3
4) NH3
2) LiF


3. Which solution will contain more hydroxide ions than hydrogen ions?
1) CaCl2 2) C2H5OH 3) Mg(OH)2 4) CH3Cl
4. In which aqueous solution would there be a greater concentration of OH- ions than H+ ions?
1) CH3COOH (aq) 2) C12H22O11 (aq) 3) NH4C2H3O2(aq) 4) NH3 (aq)
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5. If 1 mole of each of the following substances were dissolved in 1 L of water, which solution would
contain the highest concentration of H3O+ ions? 3) CH3COOH 4) Ba(OH)2
2) NaCl
1) KBr



6. Which aqueous solution can turn red litmus blue? 3) HNO3 (aq) 4) KCl (aq)

1) KOH (aq)
2) CH3OH (aq)

7. Which compound when dissolved in water will turn blue litmus red? 4) Ca(OH)2
1) CH3OH

3) C6H12O6


2) HBr

8. Water containing phenolphthalein will change from colorless to pink with the addition of

2) Ca(OH)2
3) HCl



4) NaCl
1) HOH
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9. In which 0.01 M aqueous is phenolphthalein pink?
1) CH3OH (aq) 2) HNO3 (aq) 3) CH3COOH (aq) 4) LiOH (aq)

10. In which solution would a phenolphthalein solution remains colorless? 4) HCl
2) Ca(OH)2



1) Sr(OH)2
3) NH4OH

11. A compound whose water solution conducts electricity and have a pH of 9 could be
1) HCl 2) LiCl 3) NH3 4) C2H5OH

12. Which aqueous solution would have a pH of 3? 3) CH3OH(aq) 4) HNO3(aq)
1) H2O(l)
2) KOH (aq)



13. Which solution could have a pH of 10 ?
1) NH4OH 2) NaCl 3) NaNO3 4) Na2SO4

14. Which of these 1 M solutions will have the highest pH?
1) LiOH 2) LiCl 3) HCl 4) NaNO3

15. A solution of which substance would react with a metal to produce hydrogen gas?
1) KNO3 2) LiNO3 3) NaOH 4) H3PO4
16. Which substance would react with an active metal to produce salt and hydrogen gas
1) HCl 2) KCl 3) NH3 4) NH4OH

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