Acidity and Basicity of Binary Hydrogen Compounds

Finston and A. C. Rychtman, A New View of Current Acid-Base Theories, John Wiley Sons, New York, 1982, pp. 53-62. 

Physical Methods in Chemistry, W. B. Saunders, Philadelphia, 1977, pp. 552-565. 

The same general trends persist when the acidity of these compounds is measured in aqueous solution. The reactions are more complex, forming aquated ions, but the overall effects are similar. The three heaviest hydrohalic acids (HCl, HBr, HI) are equally 

FIGURE 6-16 Trends in Acidity and Electronegativity of Binary Hydrides. 

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