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11 years ago
how do you tell the difference between a strong and weak acid just by looking at its formula? is there a way???
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11 years ago
Generally, any strong acid will have "H" at the beginning of its name- like HCl and a strong base will have "OH" in its name- NaOH
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11 years ago
You usually just memorize the standard acids.  
Strong => HI, HBr, HClO4, HCl, H2SO4
Weak => HCOOH, CH3COOH, CCl3COOH, HF, HCN, H2S
In chemistry they will tell you what it acid is if its unusual
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11 years ago
Add HNO3 to the list of strong acids.
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