Chemistry GCSE
Complete ionisation in aqueous solution
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A strong acid is completely ionised in aqueous solution, so essentially every acid molecule releases a hydrogen ion, H⁺, to a water molecule.
Topics that use Complete ionisation in aqueous solution
- Strong and weak acids (HT only) (AQA GCSE)
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- Quantitative comparison of acids
- reversible arrow
- weak acid
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