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strong electro. are ionic and other six like HBr, HI, HCLO4, H2SO4, HNO3, HCl)

weak and none electrolytes i have confusion, how can i distinguish?

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2006-12-19 06:42:51 · 1 answers · asked by gurpreet s 1 in Science & Mathematics Chemistry

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Strong electrolytes are acids, bases, or salts that are completely ionized in water. For example:
HCl ===> H+ + Cl-
NaOH ===> Na+ + OH-
NaCl ===> Na+ + Cl-

Weak electrolytes are incompletely ionized. For example, acetic acid, HC2H3O2, is only a few percent ionized into H+ and acetate C2H3O2- ions. Ammonia in water, which may be NH4OH or NH3*H2O, is only a few percent ionized into NH4+ and OH-.

Someone would have to tell you that something is a weak acid or base. Or you would have to memorize a few. Or you might get the idea from seeing that an ionization constant Ki, acidity constant Kb, or basicity constant Kb is >1.00

Nonelectrolytes are nonionic, completely covalently bonded compounds such as glucose, C6H12O6.

2006-12-19 07:15:15 · answer #1 · answered by steve_geo1 7 · 0 0

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