Chapter 22, Problem 22.155SP

Interpretation Introduction

Interpretation:

The reason of increasing order of the acid strength as should be determined:

$\text{HIO < HBrO < HClO }$

Concept introduction:

Non-metals forms acidic oxides and tend to form covalent hydride as they have tendency to share their valence electrons to form covalent bond. Metallic oxides are ionic in nature whereas non-metallic oxides are covalent in nature. As the charge on cation increases in oxide, the covalent nature increases due to more polarization of anion from smaller cation.