Home Chemistry CHEMISTRY: A Textbook for Grade 11 Chapter 3: Electrolytes – Acids, Bases and Salts
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Methanesulfonic acid, CH3SO3H, has a pKa of -7 while ethanol, CH3CH2OH, has a pKa of 15.9. Which is the stronger acid –
Methanesulfonic acid
ethanol
Both are of equal strength
Cannot predict