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World's Strongest Acid
« on: November 16, 2004, 06:03:16 PM »
More great research from UC Riverside. :)

http://www.nature.com/news/2004/041115/full/041115-5.html
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Re:World's Strongest Acid
« Reply #1 on: November 17, 2004, 07:20:55 AM »
I always thought that the strongest Hydracid Known was Perchloric acid[HCLO4]
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Re:World's Strongest Acid
« Reply #2 on: November 17, 2004, 07:51:39 AM »
I thought the strongest superacid to be (SbF5)HF, pentafluoroantimonic acid.
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Re:World's Strongest Acid
« Reply #3 on: November 17, 2004, 12:30:40 PM »
Isn't it that if you stick a proton on anything electropositive it'll become a superacid?

I've taken this guy's class... he likes to relate chemistry concepts to people... like how electron shells are defined by the clash of two forces, penetration and shielding.  Guys are for the former idea and girls are for the latter idea... and that's what I learned from his class.
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Re:World's Strongest Acid
« Reply #4 on: November 28, 2004, 09:41:08 PM »
thats some neat work!!
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Re:World's Strongest Acid
« Reply #5 on: July 31, 2005, 12:16:58 PM »
right! the acid strength of HF/SbF5 is 1000,000,000 times than concentrated H2SO4  (100%)

sometime it can be  used in some acid catalyzed rearrangement  reaction
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Re:World's Strongest Acid
« Reply #6 on: August 01, 2005, 12:06:55 PM »
Isn't HF-SbF5 magic acid? It's used in superacid catalysis of zeolite systems.
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