[sarah9625]

What are some examples of weak bases?
 I have google this question and found only one, NH3, there has to be more than that. Do you know of any others?

[is3zzz]

Methylamine is another one i can think of....

[Padfoot]

The conjugates of common strong bases, another common one I know is alanine.

[sarah9625]

I am guessing that there is way more strong bases than weak ones, right?

[Padfoot]

I meant conjugates of common strong ACIDS by the way.

As for:

I am guessing that there is way more strong bases than weak ones, right?

I can think of more strong bases than I can weak but this is probably just because I've used strong bases more 

[LQ43]

methylamine is a good start but if you look at the general formula RCH2N, then you can get a ton of weak bases by substituting alkyl groups for R,


there are actually many more weak acids and bases than strong ones. does your textbook not give a list of strong acids, there aren't that many

I'm surprised you can only get NH3 from googling "weak bases"
"http://www.science.uwaterloo.ca/~cchieh/cact/c123/wkacids.html

[ashrafabdeljaber]

Magnesium hydroxide Mg(OH)₂ is a weak base

[sarah9625]

Thanks, LQ43 thats exactly what I was trying to find. Here's a snack:)

[LQ43]

Magnesium hydroxide Mg(OH)₂ is a weak base

well, strictly speaking, Mg(OH)2 is a slightly soluble ionic compound that also happens to be a base. Whatever amount that is soluble does dissociate 100% so it is in fact a strong base.

Thanks, LQ43 thats exactly what I was trying to find. Here's a snack:)

well, thanks but I should really have prompted you to look again, 

[Borek]

Magnesium hydroxide Mg(OH)₂ is a weak base

well, strictly speaking, Mg(OH)2 is a slightly soluble ionic compound that also happens to be a base. Whatever amount that is soluble does dissociate 100% so it is in fact a strong base.

That's not quite true. pK for

Mg²⁺ + OH^- = MgOH⁺

is somewhere between 2 and 3. That makes Mg(OH)₂ in a way comparable with sulphuric acid - strong for the first dissociation step, realitively weak for the second.

[LQ43]

thanks Borek, that went deeper then I was thinking....