Chapter 16, Problem 13RQ

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

Reason for not existence of free proton $\left({\text{H}}^{+}\right)$ in water  has to be determined.

Concept Introduction:

The strong electrolytes on dissolution exhibit $100\text{ \%}$ dissociation; The acids such as ${\text{H}}_{\text{2}}{\text{SO}}_{\text{4}}$ , ${\text{HNO}}_{\text{3}}$, $\text{HCl}$, $\text{HBr}$, ${\text{HClO}}_{\text{4}}$ that have ability to furnish hydronium ions and bases such as $\text{NaOH}$, $\text{KOH}$ , $\text{Ca}{\left(\text{OH}\right)}_{\text{2}}$ and $\text{Ba}{\left(\text{OH}\right)}_{\text{2}}$ ionize fully to yield hydroxide ions are strong electrolytes. They are characterized by high magnitude of dissociation constant value because of complete dissociation.