Can anyone tell me in detail on how to identify a electrolyte and a nonelectrolyte? Also between strong electrolyte and weak electrolyte? thanks.
2006-11-04 06:53:03 · 4 answers · asked by nikk 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Chemistry
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Strong electrolyes are the STRONG ACIDS (limited to 8: sulfuric, nitric, hydrochloric, hydroiodic, hyrdobromic, periodic, chloric, and perchloric), STRONG BASES (limited to the OH-s of alkali (grp. 1 metals) and heavy grp 2 metals....from Ca and down), ALL IONIC Compounds....
Weak electrolytes are NH3, weak acids, and weak bases
Nonelectrolytes are limited to the molecular compounds
2006-11-04 07:54:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Electrolytes specifically refer to liquids that can conduct electricity.
So a strong electrolyte probably means a liquid that allows more current than a weak electrolyte.
(Note: Better dissociation into ions, ions are transferred from one electrode to another = larger current.)
2006-11-04 16:40:37 · answer #2 · answered by luv_phy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
electrolyte- ions are present
nonelectrolyte- no ions are present
strong electrolytes are when the compounds present in the solution are completly dissociated (ions) the stronger an electrolyte the more ions are present. only ionc bonds can dissociate. covalent and polyotomic ions cannot. this is also how strong and weak acids and bases are figured.
2006-11-04 15:12:16 · answer #3 · answered by kyle b 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An electrolyte will allow electrical current to flow, a non-electrolyte won't. A weak one will allow less current than a strong one.
2006-11-04 14:57:22 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋