explain why hydrochloric acid is a strong acid and acetic acid a weak acid,how it can be verified?
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The acidity is measured by the number of hydrogen ions an acid releases on being dissolved in water. Thus, HCl is considered to be a strong acid as it has higher number of hydrogen ions, whereas acetic acid contains very little number of hydrogen ions so it is considered as a weak acid.
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