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Acidity of Boric Acid
« on: August 31, 2010, 07:24:18 AM »
Boric acid in water is weakly acidic but in glycol solution it behaves as a strong acid. Why is it so?

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Re: Acidity of Boric Acid
« Reply #1 on: August 31, 2010, 08:39:53 AM »
Google for relative strength of acids in non-aqueous solvents.
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