Question

whats ionization of hcl in water?

Answer 1

Welcome to OpenStudy. What are the two ions present in HCl?

Answer 2

no idea :/

Answer 3

Note the ions that start with capitals in HCl.

Answer 4

oh okay. um how do i describe the ionization of HCL in water? lol

Answer 5

Ionization (or ionisation, see American and British English spelling differences) is the process by which an atom or a molecule acquires a negative or positive charge by gaining or losing electrons. Ionization, often, results from the interaction of an atom or a molecule with an ionizing particle, including charged particles with sufficient energies and energetic photons.

So what ions are involved here?

Answer 6

you mean like H+ and CL-
?

Answer 7

Yup. HCl will become ionized into H+ and Cl-. Is that all your question asks for?

Answer 8

no it asks like the whole process of it :/

Answer 9

HCL dissociates in water to give H+ and Cl- .and thats it. Or maybe there was another substance (a base) that reacts with HCl in water and you want the reaction scheme???because otherwise thats it, it simply dissociates to form the two ions.

Answer 10

um from my notes it says how opposites attract when HCl is mixed with water and then they tug at each other and oxygen which has higher electro activity rips hydrogen nucleus off making H3O and then Cl is surrounded by water?

Answer 11

in that case its like an acid-base reaction,
HCl + H2O------ > H3O+ + Cl-
water acts as a base here and accepts a proton, as per the Brownstead-Lowry theory! I
hope that helps.

Answer 12

kinda does lol thank you