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       What is the difference between a strong base and a weak base?
       By: Hani Smaik Date: July 27, 2019, 7:29 pm
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       The usual way of comparing the strengths of bases is to see how
       readily they produce hydroxide ions in solution. This may be
       because they already contain hydroxide ions, or because they
       take hydrogen ions from water molecules to produce hydroxide
       ions.
       A strong base is something like sodium hydroxide or potassium
       hydroxide which is fully ionic. You can think of the compound as
       being 100% split up into metal ions and hydroxide ions in
       solution. Strong bases are characterized by the fact that they
       dissociate completely in aqueous solution. Each mole of sodium
       hydroxide dissolves to give a mole of hydroxide ions in
       solution. In this case, sodium hydroxide, NaOH is classified as
       a strong base because it dissociates completely in aqueous
       solution to form sodium cations, Na+ and hydroxide anions, OH
       &#8722;
       �Weak� means when you dissolve it in water that not all of it
       dissociates into its ions.
       �Strong� means 100% of the acid or base dissociates into its
       ions when you dissolve it in water.
       For example, a 1M solution of acetic acid in water will only
       dissociate about 5%. that means 95% dissolves but remains as
       CH3COOH. Only 5% of the original amount becomes CH3COO&#8722;
       and H+ in water.
       If you make a 1M solution of HCl, then 100% of it will
       dissociate into H+ and Cl&#8722;.
       Similarly for bases, NaOH is strong and fully dissociates in
       water into Na+ and OH&#8722; whereas ammonia, NH3, is weak and
       only a small fraction of it becomes ammonium, NH+4, and
       hydroxide ions, OH&#8722;.
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