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Offline Shah

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what is the difference between degree of dissociation and degree of acidity?
« on: February 22, 2011, 02:13:34 PM »
Is degree of dissociation different from degree of ionization?
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Re: what is the difference between degree of dissociation and degree of acidity?
« Reply #1 on: February 22, 2011, 02:57:48 PM »
dissociation and ionization are two different processes. Of course that means that the degree of dissociation is different than the degree of ionization.
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Re: what is the difference between degree of dissociation and degree of acidity?
« Reply #2 on: February 22, 2011, 04:10:22 PM »
With regard to the subject of your post, strong acids (HCl, H2SO4, HNO3, HClO4, etc) essentially dissociate completely in water:

HCl + H2O  -->  H3O+  +  Cl-   

Weak acids only dissociate sparingly in aqueous medium.
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