A solution of HCl in water conducts electricity, but a solu-tion ...

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A solution of HCl in water conducts electricity, but a solu-tion of HCl in chloroform, CHCl3, does not. What does this observation tell you about how HCl exists in water and how it exists in chloroform?

Accepted Answer

Hey everyone. Our question, your states that electrical current flows through a solution of hydrochloric acid in water, but not through a solution of hydrochloric acid and ethyl acetate. Does this observation tell you about the existence of hydrochloric acid in water and in ethyl acetate first. Let's go ahead and think about what we've learned. We know that water is a polar molecule and it is an excellent proton. Except er so when hydroponic acid reacts with water, we end up with our hydro ni um ions plus our bro mean ions. So as we can see right here, it allows polar hydroponic acid to dissociate into ions. Now, in comparison to ethyl acetate, this is going to be non polar and because it is non polar, it does not allow the dissociation of hydra bronek acid into its ions. And because of that dissociation, we are able to conduct electricity while in comparison to our ethyl acetate, this does not conduct electricity due to that inability to dissociate. Now, I hope that made sense. And let us know if you have any questions

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