Chemistry GCSE
Concentration versus strength
What Concentration versus strength means in Chemistry GCSE, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Concentration versus strength
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Strength is about degree of ionisation, whereas concentration is about the amount of substance per unit volume.
Topics that use Concentration versus strength
- Strong and weak acids (HT only) (AQA GCSE)
Related terms
- Complete ionisation in aqueous solution
- dilute
- Ion formation and equations
- Link between ionisation and pH
- Neutrality
- Quantitative comparison of acids
- reversible arrow
- weak acid
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