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Strong Acids, Strong Bases, and pH
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Strong acids and strong bases change the pH of a solution by dissociating completely in water. A strong acid produces hydronium ions, which are H3O+ ions, and a strong base produces hydroxide ions, OH-. Because the dissociation is complete, the ion concentration can be found from the starting concentration and the molar rati...
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Strong acids dissociate completely in water. For example, nitric acid dissociates completely into hydronium ions and nitrate ions. As the hydronium ions generated from the autoionization of water are negligible, the concentration of the hydronium ions in water is equal to the concentration of the strong acid.
The pH of these solutions can...
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