14.2Brønsted-Lowry Acids and Bases
Section · module m68803
What this needs
Learn these first — this section will not make sense without them.
Nothing in the algebra book is a prerequisite for this section.
What this touches
Algebra that turns up here. Not a blocker, but this is where you will see it used.
- Applies2.4Models and Applications
'Rearrangement of the Kw expression shows that [OH-] is inversely proportional to [H3O+]' — the text performs the isolate-the-variable step in symbols, [OH-] = Kw/[H3O+], as its own stated move, and only after that substitutes 1.0e-14 and 2.0e-6 to divide. This is the same solve-a-formula-for-a-specified-variable skill used for molarity and dilution in chapter 6, reused on the water ion-product expression.