Question

Which is a characteristic of a weak electrolyte?

Answer 1

Electrolytes are substances which, when dissolved in water, break up into cations (plus-charged ions) and anions (minus-charged ions). We say they ionize. Strong electrolytes ionize completely (100%), whileweak electrolytes ionize only partially (usually on the order of 1–10%).

Answer 2

They are feebly dissociated when dissolved in a solvent.

Step-by-step explanation:

The electrolyte is a substance which dissociate into cations and anions when dissolved in a solvent.

The strong electrolyte is almost 100% dissociated.

The following are the characteristics of weak electrolyte.

a) they are weakly dissociated

b) they have low degree of dissociation (alph)

c) they have low value of dissociation constant (less than 0.001, generally).

d) they dissociate incompletely and there is dissociation increases with increase in dilution.