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Chemical Nomenclature set 5 - Acids
Formulas of common acids
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Chemistry
Undergraduate 1
09/12/2013

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Term
nitric acid
Definition
HNO3
Term
sulfuric acid
Definition
H2SO4
Term
phosphoric acid
Definition
H3PO4
Term
acetic acid
Definition

 HC2H3O2  or  CH3COOH

 Only the hydrogen atom written in red above will dissociate; this is the hydrogen atom in the lower right hand corner of the diagram below.

 

 

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Term
carbonic acid
Definition

H2CO3

 

Hint: to remember this formula, just think of carbon dioxide gas dissolving in water:

 

H2O  +  CO2  →  H2CO3

Term
hydrochloric acid
Definition
HCl
Term
hydrofluoric acid
Definition
HF
Term
formic acid
Definition

HCOOH

Only the hydrogen atom written in red above will dissociate; this is the hydrogen atom in the lower right hand corner of the diagram below.

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Although you are not required to know the formula of formic acid, I recommend that you memorize it anyway, to help you write the formua of acetic acid.

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