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Grade 12th pass10 grade science

The basicity of acetic acid is: A.1 B.2 C.3 D.4

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4 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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4 Years ago
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4 hydrogen atoms being present in the molecule of Acetic Acid, it only has one replaceable hydrogen ion present in it. Hence giving only one ionizable H+ ion, hence its basicity is 1. So we can determine that the basicity of Acetic acid is 1 because it releases one hydrogen ion in an aqueous solution.