Question

Classify acids on the basis of their basicity and explain each of them with examples.

Answer 1

On the basis of their basicity, acids are classified as monobasic, dibasic and tribasic acids.

Monobasic Acid: - It is an acid which dissociates to give one hydrogen ion per molecule in a solution.

E.g. HCl, $HN{O}_3$.

Dibasic Acid: - It is an acid which dissociates to give two hydrogen ions per molecule in a solution.

E.g. $H_{2}S{O}_4,H_{2}C{O}_3$.

Tribasic Acid: -It is an acid which dissociates to give three hydrogen ions per molecule in a solution.

E.g. $H_{3}P{O}_4$.