sciart Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 Today my teacher told us things about naming the acids but I get confused. 'Acid - an electrolyte which ionizes in water to give H+ (aq) as the only cation' quote from my notes. What does ionizes mean in here ? So it is an electrolyte? what's that? Can you explain to me , please. cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanJ Posted March 23, 2006 Share Posted March 23, 2006 Ionize is to remove an electron, in this case the hydrogen ion has lost an electron so it has been ionized. The definition for an electrolyte is a substance that dissociates into free ions when dissolved or molten. Lets take HCl for example: [ce]HCl_{(aq)} <=> H_{(aq)}^{+} + Cl_{(aq)}^{-}[/ce] Make sence? Cheers, Ryan Jones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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