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Understanding acid-base equilibria made easy for students in chemistry, biochemistry, biology, environmental and earth sciences. Solving chemical problems, be it in education or in real life, often requires the understanding of the acid-base equilibria behind them. Based on many years of teaching experience, Heike Kahlert and Fritz Scholz present a powerful tool to meet such challenges. They provide a simple guide to the fundamentals and applications of acid-base diagrams, avoiding complex mathematics. This textbook is richly illustrated and has full color throughout. It offers learning features such as boxed results and a collection of formulae.
List of contents
The math behind the pH-logci diagrams.- Constructing pH-logci diagrams.- The application of pH-logci diagrams for graphical estimation of the pH of solutions and for the derivation of simplified equations.- The use of pH-logci diagrams for the construction of titration diagrams.- Titration errors.
About the author
Heike Kahlert, Dr. rer. soc., ist wiss. Assistentin am Lehrstuhl für Allgemeine Soziologie - Makrosoziologie der Universität Rostock.
Summary
Understanding acid-base equilibria made easy for students in chemistry, biochemistry, biology, environmental and earth sciences. Solving chemical problems, be it in education or in real life, often requires the understanding of the acid-base equilibria behind them. Based on many years of teaching experience, Heike Kahlert and Fritz Scholz present a powerful tool to meet such challenges. They provide a simple guide to the fundamentals and applications of acid-base diagrams, avoiding complex mathematics. This textbook is richly illustrated and has full color throughout. It offers learning features such as boxed results and a collection of formulae.
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From the book reviews:
“This monograph presents the theory and rationale behind a teaching aid for the nonmathematical determination of the pH of aqueous solutions by using pH-logc^D[i diagrams. … The authors discuss complex multibasic acids and present standard diagrams for a number of known weak acids. … It should … be part of any physical science library. Summing Up: Recommended. Researchers, faculty.” (J. M. Tomich, Choice, Vol. 51 (11), July, 2014)
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From the book reviews:
"This monograph presents the theory and rationale behind a teaching aid for the nonmathematical determination of the pH of aqueous solutions by using pH-logc^D[i diagrams. ... The authors discuss complex multibasic acids and present standard diagrams for a number of known weak acids. ... It should ... be part of any physical science library. Summing Up: Recommended. Researchers, faculty." (J. M. Tomich, Choice, Vol. 51 (11), July, 2014)
