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Interpretation:
The order of increasing acidity of the ions with reasons is to be stated.
Concept introduction:
The higher electro negativity of the species greater is the attraction. Therefore, increasing electro negativity of the atom that shares an electron pair will decrease basicity. Weaker bases have stronger conjugate acids; the electro negativity of an atom increases the acidity of the attached proton.
Answer to Problem 11.1P
The order of increasing acidity of the ions is
Explanation of Solution
The oxygen is the most electronegative species followed by sulphur and least electronegative is nitrogen. The given ions are shown below.
Figure 1
The most acidic ion is
The order of increasing acidity of the given ions is found to be as
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