AP Board 10th Class Physical Science Notes Chapter 2 Acids, Bases and Salts

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→ Any substance that has a sour taste and turns blue litmus to red is called an ‘acid’.

→ Any substance that has a bitter taste and soapy in nature that turns red litmus to blue is called a base.

→ We use natural and chemical indicators to test for acids and bases.

→ Acid-base indicators are dyes or mixtures of dyes that are used to indicate the presence of acids and bases.

→ When acids and bases react with each other, their respective salts and water are formed. This chemical reaction is called neutralization.

→ The acidic nature of a substance is due to the formation of H+ (aq) ions in the solution. The formation of OH (aq) ions in the solution are responsible for the basic nature of a substance.

→ Some substances whose odour changes in acidic or basic media are called Olfactory indicators.

→ When a base reacts with a metal with the evolution of hydrogen gas, a salt is formed.

→ When an acid reacts with a metal carbonate or metal hydrogen carbonate gives the corresponding salt, carbon dioxide gas and water.

→ Metallic oxides react with acids to give salt and water. Metallic oxides are basic in nature.

→ Non-metallic oxides are acidic in nature.

→ Acidic and basic solutions in water conduct electricity because they produce hydrogen ions and hydroxide ions respectively.

→ Acid solutions have ions and the electric current is carried through the movement of ions in the solution.

→ In glucose and alcohol ions are absent.

→ Dissolving bases in water produces hydroxide (OH) ions.

AP Board Solutions AP Board 10th Class Physical Science Notes Chapter 2 Acids, Bases and Salts

→ Bases that are soluble in water are called alkalis.

→ The process of dissolving an acid or a base in water is an exothermic process.

→ Mixing an acid or base with water results in dilution.

→ Strong acids are completely ionized whereas weak acids are partially Ionized.

→ Strong bases release more OH ions in water, whereas weak bases release fewer OH ions in water.

→ The strength of an acid or an alkali can be tested by using a scale called the pH scale (0-14) which gives the measure of hydrogen ion concentration in a solution.

→ A neutral solution has a pH of 7, while an acidic solution has a pH less than 7 and a basic solution has a pH of more than 7.

→ A mixture of several indicators is called a Universal indicator.

→ pH scale ¡s used for measuring hydrogen ion concentration in a solution.

→ Living beings carry out their metabolic activities within an optimal pH range.

→ Our body works within the pH range of 7.0 to 7.8.

→ When the pH of rainwater is less than 5.6, it is called acid rain.

→ Mixing concentrated acids or bases with water is a highly exothermic process.

→ Acids and bases neutralize each other to form corresponding salts and water.

→ The water of crystallization is the fixed number of water molecules chemically attached to each formula unit of salt in its crystalline form.

→ Antacids are the mild bases used to control the stomach pain caused due to indigestion.

→ Magnesium hydroxide is known as the ‘milk of magnesia’.

→ Tooth decay starts when the H of the mouth is lower than 5.5.

→ The atmosphere of Venus is made ¿p of thick white and yellowish clouds of sulphuric acid.

→ Salts are electrically neutral.

→ Beds of rock salts are formed when seas of bygone ages dried up.

→ Sodium hydrogen carbonate is used in soda acid fire extinguishers.

→ Washing soda is used in the manufacture of borax.

→ Salts have various uses in everyday life and in industries.

→ Plaster of Paris (CaSO4, 6H20) is used for making toys, materials for decoration and for making surfaces smooth.

→ Indicator: A special substance that gives different colours in acidic, and basic media.

AP Board Solutions AP Board 10th Class Physical Science Notes Chapter 2 Acids, Bases and Salts

→ Acid: ‘Acid’ is a word derived from the Latin word ‘Acidus’. It means sour. Usually, we call any substance that has a sour taste.

→ Base: The substance that has a bitter taste and is slippery to touch.

→ Red Litmus: A red coloured indicator used to test the presence of basic nature in a substance.

→ Blue Litmus: A blue coloured indicator used to test the presence of acidic nature in a substance.

→ Phenolphthalein and Methyl Orange: The synthetic (chemical) indicators to find the presence of acids and bases.

→ Salts: A substance that is formed as a result of the neutralization reaction between an acid and a base.

→ Neutralization: When acids and bases react, salt and water are formed. This chemical reaction is known as neutralization.

→ Guard tube: A drying tube used in experiments.

→ Hydronium ion: H3O+ ion.

→ Alkali: A base that is soluble in water is called alkali.

→ Strong acid: Acid that gives more H30+ ions (They are ionized completely).

AP Board Solutions AP Board 10th Class Physical Science Notes Chapter 2 Acids, Bases and Salts

→ Strong Base: Base that gives more OH ions in water.

→ Universal indicator: It is a mixture of several indicators.

→ pH Scale: A scale for measuring hydrogen ion concentration in a solution. pH = – log10 (H+)

→ Potenz: A scale for measuring hydrogen ion concentration in a solution is called the pH scale. The ‘P’s in pH stands for Potenz. In German ‘Potenz’ is power.

→ Antacids: A mild base used to get rid of pain and irritation caused due to indigestion of food.

→ Tooth decay: Corrosion of tooth due to the degradation of sugar and food particles remaining in the mouth.

→ Family of Salts: Salts having the same positive or negative radicals belong to a family called a family of salts.

→ Common Salt or Table Salt: Sodium Chloride Salt (NaCl).

→ Bleaching Powder: The action of chlorine on dry slaked lime.

→ Baking Soda: Sodium bicarbonate salt is used in the kitchen for making tasty and crispy pakoras.

→ Washing Soda: Sodium carbonate salt is used in washing clothes, etc.

→ Hydrated Salt: Salt which contains water.

→ The water of crystallization: It is the fixed number of water molecules chemically attached to each formula unit of salt in its crystalline form.

→ Plaster of Paris: On heating gypsum at 373 K it loses water molecules and becomes Calcium Sulphate hemihydrate called Plaster of Paris.

→ Olfactory indicators: The substances whose odour changes in acidic or basic media.

→ Litmus solution: A natural indicator extracted from certain lichens.

→ Lichen: Rock Moss.

→ Endothermic reaction: A chemical reaction in which heat is absorbed.

→ Exothermic reaction: A chemical reaction in which heat is evolved.

→ Aqueous Solution: The solution in which the solvent is water.

→ The concentration of a Solution: The amount of solute present per unit volume or per unit mass of the solution.

→ Weak acids: Acids that give fewer (less) H3O+ ions (They are not ionized completely).

→ Weak bases: Bases that give fewer (less) OH ions in water.

AP Board Solutions AP Board 10th Class Physical Science Notes Chapter 2 Acids, Bases and Salts

→ Saturated solution: The solution in which the amount of solute dissolved is equal to solubility.

→ Unsaturated solution: The solution in which solute is less than the solvent.

→ Supersaturated solutIon: The solution in which the solute dissolved is more than its solubility.

→ Acid rain: When the pH of rainwater is less than 5.6, it is called acid rain.

→ Rock Salt: Deposits of seawater (solid salt) are changed to large brown crystals called Rock salt.

→ Dry slaked lime: Ca (OH)2 (i.e.,) Calcium Hydroxide.

→ Brine solution: An aqueous solution of common salt.

→ Anode: A positive electrode.

→ Cathode: A negative electrode.

→ Quick lime: CaO (Calcium Oxide).
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→ Achara Nagarjuna (AD 931):

  • Acharya Nagarjuna was born In AD 931 in Gujarat (India). He was an alchemist.
  • He knew an artel transmuting base metals to look like gold.
  • He was a metallurgist and chemist. He was very famous for his book Rasevada’ Which deals with Mercury compounds.
  • He discussed the extraction of costly Metairie gold, alive; etc. In bis wrItings.

→ JFW Adolf Von Baeyer (1835 – 1917):

  • Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Adoli Von Baeyer was born on October 31, 1835 In Berlin (Germany).
  • He was interested In chemical experiments. He found a new double salt of copper.
  • He studied Methyl Chloride, Uric acid, Indigo, etc.
  • He discovered Indole.
  • His ‘Baeyer strain theory of the Carbon iingW Is very famous.
  • He received the Nobel Prize In 1905.