Chemistry 12 - weak acid/electrical conductivity (2 questions)

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Homework Statement


" Which of the following best describes a weak acid?"
A. Its 0.10 M solution will have a pH = 1.00
B. It may be very soluble, but only partly ionized.
C. It must be very soluble and completely ionized
D. It must be of low solubility and completely ionized

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Homework Statement


"Which of the following solutions would typically show the greatest electrical conductivity?

A. 1.0 M weak acid
B. 0.8 M weak base
C. 0.5 M strong acid
D. 0.1 M strong base

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I know that the strong acid will conduct electricity better than the weak acid if the concentrations are the same, but because they're not does that mean that more of a weak acid will equal a smaller amount of strong acid? Also, would you ignore both the strong and weak bases?
 
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For your first question, a weak acid does not ionise much, usually less that 5%.
So i would be going with question B., as for A, it seems a weird this to put in a multi choice question.

an acid or base that strongly conducts electricity is a "strong acid or base", and no don't ignore the bases, as for concentrations, think pretty hard about how concentration effects behaviours of acids and bases