Sunday, 27 March 2016

2.11 understand the difference between hydrogen chlorine gas and hydrochloric acid

When hydrogen chloride gas (gas at room temperature) is dissolved in water the hydrogen chloride molecules split (into H+ ions and Cl- ions). This process is known as dissociation. The solution that is formed is hydrochloric acid, which is acidic as it contains H+ ions.

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