Rank the following compounds in order of increasing pH (1 - lowest, to 5 - highest) and label each compound as strong acid, weak acid, neutral, weak base or strong base? potassium hydroxide methylamine hydrobromic acid potassium iodide ascorbic acid

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Oct 3, 2017

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Explanation:

potassium hydroxide (KOH)
methylamine (#CH_"5"N#)
hydrobromic acid (HBr)
potassium iodide (KI)
ascorbic acid (#C_"6"H_"8"O_"6"#)

  • Rank the following compounds in order of increasing pH

KOH - 5
#CH_"5"N# - 4
HBr - 1
KI - 3
#C_"6"H_"8"O_"6"# - 2

  • Label each compound as strong acid, weak acid, neutral, weak base or strong base

KOH - strong base
#CH_"5"N# - weak base
HBr - strong acid
KI - neutral
#C_"6"H_"8"O_"6"# - weak acid