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you find a bottle in lab that has lost its label. you are told it\'s either a 1M

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Question

you find a bottle in lab that has lost its label. you are told it's either a 1M acid or a 1M base and do an experiment to find it contains only a small concentration (<1M) of hydrogen ions and no detectable amounts of hydroxide ion. What is in the bottle? A. Strong acid B. Weak acid C. Strong base D. Weak base? you find a bottle in lab that has lost its label. you are told it's either a 1M acid or a 1M base and do an experiment to find it contains only a small concentration (<1M) of hydrogen ions and no detectable amounts of hydroxide ion. What is in the bottle? A. Strong acid B. Weak acid C. Strong base D. Weak base? you find a bottle in lab that has lost its label. you are told it's either a 1M acid or a 1M base and do an experiment to find it contains only a small concentration (<1M) of hydrogen ions and no detectable amounts of hydroxide ion. What is in the bottle? A. Strong acid B. Weak acid C. Strong base D. Weak base?

Explanation / Answer

if there are plenty of [H+] and no detectable OH- this is most likely a weak acid

since < 1M,

if it were a strong acid, i should have [H+] = 1 M

then

choose weak acid