WAEC - Chemistry (2019 - No. 23)
which of the following pairs of substances has the highest heat of neutralization?
strong acid and strong base
weak acid and weak base
strong acid and weak base
weak acid and strong base
Explicaţie
In other terms, the stronger the acid the greater the amount of hydrogen ions present in the solution, and hence the more alkali that should be required to neutralise the solution, hence increasing the enthalpy