Topics for Chapter 2: Water and Buffers

 Structure and properties of water

Hydrogen bonds

Dissolution of solutes

Ionic

Polar

Nonpolar

 

Colligative properties

Vapor pressure

Osmosis

Ionization of water

Definition of acids, bases, and pH

Acid equilibrium, titrations

Solvent polarity effects

Buffers

Henderson Hasselbach Equation

Worked examples

Biological acids

Ionization of protein side chains