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Can a dilute acid be a strong acid?

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A strong acid is an acid that ionizes completely in an aqueous solution by losing one proton.

The strength of acids can be compared by using pkas. These are found by;

For the acid/base reaction

- HA A− + H+,

hence Ka= [A-][H+]/[HA]

pka = -log ka

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