ADARSH SINGH
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DEAR FRIEND,
IN ORDER TO FIND DIFFRENT IONS IN AN ACID , TRY TO KNOW THE VALENCIES OF THE ELEMENTS OR GROUPS OF ELEMENTS MAKING THAT ACID OR DERIVE IT AND SEPERATE THE CONSTITUENTS OF THE ACIDIC COMPOUND.
FOR EXAMPLE, LETS TAKE THE HYDROCHLORIC ACID. OR HCL,
BREAK IT INTO ITS POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE CONSTITUENTS AND YOU WILL GET H+ AND CL-.
THIS WAY, YOU CAN DERIVE IONS INVOLVED IN AN ACID.
IN ORDER TO KNOW WHETHER AN ACID IS STRONG OR WEAK, YOU HAVE TO LOOK FOR RATE OF DISSOCIATION OF THAT ACID. IF RATE OF DISSOCIATION IS HIGH , THEN THE ACID IS STRONG AND IF IT IS LESS , THEN THE ACID IS WEAK.
FOR EXAMPLE , HCL IS A STRONG ACID AS RATE OF DISSOCIATION IN IT IS 100% WHILE CH3COOH IS A WEAK ACID AS RATE OF DISSOCIATION IS 25%.
HOPE YOU GOT YOUR ANSWERS. IF THERE ARE STILL ANY QUERIES , PLEASE REPLY AND ASK.