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(a) Acid strength in a series of H-X molecules increases with increasing size of X.
(b) For acids of the same general structure but differing electronegativities of the central atoms, acid strength decreases with increasing electronegativity of the central atom.
(c) The strongest acid known is HF because fluorine is the most electronegative element.
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Chemistry The Central Science
ISBN: 978-0321696724
12th edition
Authors: Theodore Brown, Eugene LeMay, Bruce Bursten, Catherine Murphy, Patrick Woodward
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