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LEVELING EFFECT [1 record]

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Record 1 1997-05-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrolysis (Electrokinetics)
  • Chemistry
  • Electrochemistry
CONT

The only basic solvent that has been investigated in any detail is liquid ammonia, which has the very low ion product ... 10 [superscript-33]. As might be expected, this solvent has a marked levelling effect upon acids; thus, for example, acetic, banzoic, nitric, and hydrochloric acids all give solutions with identical acidic properties ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Électrolyse (Électrocinétique)
  • Chimie
  • Électrochimie
CONT

[...] si HA est un acide suffisamment fort, toutes les molécules HA seront capables de fournir leurs protons à H2O, et HA sera un acide très fort (entièrement dissocié). Donc au-delà d'une certaine force, il ne sera plus possible de différencier les acides [...] ces acides entièrement dissociés dans l'eau, y sont également forts : on dit que l'eau exerce un effet nivelant.

Spanish

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