What Is This Module About?

Have you ever wondered why your mother tells you not to drink soft drinks on an empty stomach? Or why your throat
hurts when you throw up? Have you experienced hyperacidity? What do you do to relieve the pain? Have you ever
heard of acid rain?

You can learn the answers to these questions in this module.

Acids and bases are important substances. Most of the materials that you use contain acids and bases. There are also
plenty of materials that are manufactured with the use of acids and bases. Different acids and bases also have
substantial effects on you and your surroundings. Hence, it is important that you learn to recognize what acids and bases
are.

This module contains three lessons. These are:

Lesson 1 – What Are Acids and Bases?

Lesson 2 – What Is pH?

Lesson 3 – How Do Acids and Bases Combine?

What Will You Learn From This Module?

After studying this module, you should be able to:

♦ enumerate the properties of acids and bases;

♦ differentiate between an acid and a base;

♦ relate pH to the acidity or basicity of a solution;

♦ describe what happens in a neutralization reaction;

♦ identify the products of a neutralization reaction; and

♦ name some uses of acids and bases in everyday life.

Wait!

Before you start studying this module, make sure that you have already read the following modules:

♦ Matter 1A: Forms, Properties and Changes

♦ Matter 1B: Forms, Properties and Changes

♦ Chemical Bonds: Forces That Link

♦ Chemical Reactions Around Us

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