Re: tocj:electronegativity and acid strength

Hunter M (maferaja@PLU.edu)
Wed, 25 Sep 1996 14:34:40 -0800 (PST)

I'm not sure on this one, but I think it's a sequential thing-
First consider the position on the vertical column, and if you can't make
a determination, then examine electronegativities?? (I just remember
the 6 strong acids and go from there.) Hope that helped..

On Tue, 24 Sep 1996, Allister Stone wrote:

> On page 102-103 it seems like there is a contradiction. Pg 102 shows the
> acidity increaseng as one goes down the group. This is because the
> electronegativity decreases as you go down the group. Then on page 103 it
> says that a stronger acid will have greater electronegativity. How come
> then h-f would not produce the strongest acid because it would have the
> most electronegative atom?
> Thanks for your help in advance for clearing this up.
> Allister
> Stoneag@plu.edu
>