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Grade 12th passPhysical Chemistry

why arrhenious concept cannot explain the acidic charecter of certain salts as ALCL3

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10 Years agoGrade 12th pass
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Profile image of Rijit Singh
10 Years ago
Friend, Arrhenius Concept just ellaborates that if a substance is dissolved in water and dissociates into ions and give h+ ions then it is an acid and if it gives oh- ions then its a base. The main limitation of his was that he told that the solvent must only be water.