The strengths and weaknesses of acids and bases - George Zaidan and Charles Morton
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Vinegar may have a powerful smell, but did you know it's actually a weak acid? In the chemical economy, acids actively give away their protons while bases actively collect them -- but some more aggressively than others. George Zaidan and Charles Morton use the currency of subatomic particles to explain this unseen exchange.
Suppose you mix hydrochloric acid (a strong acid) with ammonia (a weak base). Would the final mixture be acidic, basic, or neutral? As you might have guessed, there’s not enough information given to answer the question. What other information would you need?
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- Educator George Zaidan, Charles Morton
- Animator James Hing, Tony Clarke
- Artist Harj Bains
- Composer Graham Silcock
- Narrator George Zaidan
