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100% sulfuric acid rapidly decomposes until it reaches a concentration of 98%. This concentration is usually referred to as concentrated sulfuric acid.
The pH value of 98% sulfuric acid is approximately -1.5
For comparison, sulfuric acid of this concentration has about 300 times as many active hydrogen ions as stomach acid (approximate pH 1).
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What percent by volume of acid is in dilute sulfuric acid?
The answer depends on the dilution factor and if the sulfuric acid was 100% to start.
Why the concentration of sulphuric acid should be maintained in 98 percent not in 100 percent in industries?
It will immensely cost to totally remove the impurities in sulfuric acid. For industrial purposes, they maintain a percentage value around 98%.
What is the percentage of sulfuric acid in H2SO4?
H2SO4 is sulfuric acid. So the answer is 100%
Can ninety two percent sulfuric acid prepared by adding liquid SO3 to eighty four percent sulfuric acid?
Yes, BUT... Liquid SO3 is HIGHLY reactive and not readily available. Pure SO3 reacts readily (and violently) with water or sulfuric acid. To manufacture sulfuric acid, dilute gaseous SO3 is absorbed in sulfuric acid to increase the concentration of the acid. 100% sulfuric acid can still absorb more SO3. When extra SO3 is dissolved in 100% H2SO4 (sulfuric acid) the solution is called oleum or fuming sulfuric acid. In general, oleum is used when free SO3 is required.
Which is stronger sulphuric acid or oxalic acid?
Sulfuric acid, as it disassociates almost 100% in solution.
What percent by volume of acid is in dilute sulfuric acid?
The answer depends on the dilution factor and if the sulfuric acid was 100% to start.
What is the Term for 100 percent sulfuric acid?
Oil of vitriol.
Why the concentration of sulphuric acid should be maintained in 98 percent not in 100 percent in industries?
It will immensely cost to totally remove the impurities in sulfuric acid. For industrial purposes, they maintain a percentage value around 98%.
What is the percentage of sulfuric acid in H2SO4?
H2SO4 is sulfuric acid. So the answer is 100%
Can ninety two percent sulfuric acid prepared by adding liquid SO3 to eighty four percent sulfuric acid?
Yes, BUT... Liquid SO3 is HIGHLY reactive and not readily available. Pure SO3 reacts readily (and violently) with water or sulfuric acid. To manufacture sulfuric acid, dilute gaseous SO3 is absorbed in sulfuric acid to increase the concentration of the acid. 100% sulfuric acid can still absorb more SO3. When extra SO3 is dissolved in 100% H2SO4 (sulfuric acid) the solution is called oleum or fuming sulfuric acid. In general, oleum is used when free SO3 is required.
Which is stronger sulphuric acid or oxalic acid?
Sulfuric acid, as it disassociates almost 100% in solution.
What is fluoroantimonic?
it is an acid that is 2X10(19) stronger than 100% pure sulfuric acid.
What is the strongest acid pH?
The strongest acid is fluoroantimonic acid which is 2×1019 times stronger than 100% sulfuric acid.
What is more corrosive Sulfuric acid or Carbonic acid?
The "corrosiveness" of an acid depends mainly on two aspectsThe concentration of the acid - even the most corrosive acid is not dangerous at low concentrations e.g. 0.001 mol/LThe % ionisation of the acid - This determines whether the acid is a strong acid (100% ionisation of the first H+ atom) or a weak acid (significantly less than 100% ionisation of the first H+ atom) Sulfuric acids first ionisation H2SO4 + H2O ==> HSO4- + H3O+Carbonic Acids first H2CO3 + H2O HCO3- + H3O+With this information, and the fact that we know sulfuric acid is a strong acid and carbonic acid is a weak acid, sulfuric acid is more corrosive than carbonic acid (at the same concentration
Why is vinegar weaker than sulfuric acid?
Because the acid in vinegar is acetic acid, a weak organic acid that disassociates in solution only to about 1%. Sulfuric acid disassociates almost 100% in solution, so the proton concentration, H3O +, is much more concentrated in a strong acid than in a weak one.
How corrosive is Fluoroantimonic Acid?
About 20 quintillion times stronger (actual number) than 100% sulfuric acid, which itself is pretty strong.
What makes some acids like vinegar weaker than other acids such as sulfuric acid?
They do not disassociate more than about 1% in solution while sulfuric acid does disassociate almost 100% in solution. Just the large variance in proton donation in solution marks a weak acid from a strong acid.
