Chemistry, asked by shivthrock80, 11 months ago

Explain why is hydrochloric acid a strong acid and acetic acid a weak acid how can it be verified

Answers

Answered by abhishekachuks

237

HCl is a strong acid because it has more number of hydrogen ions whereas acetic acid contains less number of hydrogen ions so its a weak acid , it can be varied by changing number of hydrogen ions in them .

Answered by aryakharote

148

Strength of an acid is decided by amount of hydrogen ions present in the perticular acid.

As more hydrogen ions are present in hydrochloric acid than in acetic acid. hydrochloric acid is a strong acid while acetic acid is a weak acid.

This can be verified by checking pH of the both acids by using universal indicator. pH of a perticular solution depicts concentration of H+ ions in the solution.

Higher is the pH lower is H+ ion concentration and vice versa

Previous Question

Next Question