Water and Aqueous Solutions Chapter Summary
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What type of interactions determine steric complementarity and stabilize biological macromolecules?

  • Hydrogen bonds
  • Covalent bonds
  • Ionic interactions
  • Van der Waals interactions (correct)
  • Which type of non-covalent interactions involve electrostatic interactions between permanently charged species?

  • Van der Waals interactions
  • Ionic interactions (correct)
  • The hydrophobic effect
  • Hydrogen bonds
  • What is the complex phenomenon associated with the ordering of water molecules around non-polar substances?

  • Van der Waals interactions
  • Ionic interactions
  • The hydrophobic effect (correct)
  • Hydrogen bonds
  • Which non-covalent interactions do not involve sharing a pair of electrons?

    <p>Van der Waals interactions</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the geometry of the water molecule?

    <p>Tetrahedral</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why can water serve as both a hydrogen bond donor and acceptor?

    <p>As a result of its dipole moment</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What induces a net dipole moment in the water molecule?

    <p>The electronegativity of the oxygen atom</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How many other water molecules can each water molecule connect to due to its dipole moment?

    <p>4</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does the pH of the solution equal at the midpoint of the titration curve?

    <p>pKa of the acid</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What characterizes the buffer region on the titration curve?

    <p>It is a flat line region around +/- 1 pH away from the pKa</p> Signup and view all the answers

    At what point in the titration curve is the acid most readily able to give up protons?

    <p>At the lowest pH</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How can the pKa of an acid be determined using titration?

    <p>By adding equivalents of a base with known concentration until reaching the midpoint where acid = base</p> Signup and view all the answers

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