adianadiadi Posted October 3, 2013 Share Posted October 3, 2013 Whether a hard acid is a stronger acid? I mean if we take soft acid, is it weak? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spirochete27 Posted October 6, 2013 Share Posted October 6, 2013 Strong/Weak and hard/soft are two totally different concepts. Strength and weakness of an acid is measured by its thermodynamic tendency to give up protons. Google "hard soft acid base theory" for an explanation of the latter. HSABT can be a kinetic concept, while strong/weak is mainly a thermodynamic descriptor measured by the equilibrium constant Ka. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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