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Interpretation:
The two different halogen substituted molecules are given in the statement and which is one stronger acidic character it should be identified.
Concept introduction:
Strong acid: Acid solutions contains hydrigen ions, the higher concentration of hydrogen ions, the lower
pKa: It is introduced as an index to express the acidity of weak acids, where
An acid-base reaction reaction is represented as written below.
The base will take up the proton from acid and form its conjugate acid and simultaneously acid will form its conjugate base. The equilibrium will be forward or backward can be determined by using the dissociation constants
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