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Form 4 Chemistry online lessons on acids, bases and salts

Lesson on strength of Acids:Strong Acids and their examples

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Strength of Acids
- Acids can be categorized as either strong or weak acids;
(a) Strong acids
- Are those which dissociate or ionize completely to a large extent in water, to yield many hydrogen ions.
- They yield to the solution as many protons as they possibly can.
Examples
Hydrochloric acid; $HCl(aq) to H^(+)(aq)+Cl^(-)(aq)$
Sulphuric acid; $H_2SO_4(aq) to 2H^(+) (aq)+SO_4^(2-)(aq)$
Nitric acid; $HNO_3(aq) to H^(+)(aq) +HNO_3^(-)(aq)$