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Hydrochloric acid is a strong acid that is diprotic. True or false?

User Tim Kozak
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Answer:

False.

Correction: Hydrochloric acid is a strong acid that is monoprotic.

Step-by-step explanation:

  • Hydrochloric acid is a strong acid because it is completely dissociated to its ions in the solution.
  • But it is a monoprotic acid because it produces 1 mol of H⁺ when it is dissociated. according to the reaction:

HCl → H⁺ + Cl⁻.

So, the answer is: False.

  • And the correction is:

Hydrochloric acid is a strong acid that is monoprotic.

User Stefan Surkamp
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