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If 2 compounds are present in a reaction (i.e.HCl and HBr)then how to identify which compound act as base and which as a medium?

If 2 compounds are present in a reaction (i.e.HCl and HBr)then how to identify which compound act as base and which as a medium?

Grade:12th pass

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jyoti bhatia
202 Points
5 years ago
The strengths of Brønsted-Lowry acids and bases in aqueous solutions can be determined by their acid or base ionization constants. Stronger acids form weaker conjugate bases, and weaker acids form stronger conjugate bases. Thus strong acids are completely ionized in aqueous solution because their conjugate bases are weaker bases than water. Weak acids are only partially ionized because their conjugate bases are strong enough to compete successfully with water for possession of protons. Strong bases react with water to quantitatively form hydroxide ions. Weak bases give only small amounts of hydroxide ion. The strengths of the binary acids increase from left to right across a period of the periodic table (CH4 3 2O

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