Question

Give one example of a monobasic inorganic acid (chemical formula and name)

Answer 1

Monobasic inorganic acids:

• Monobasic acids are those acids that furnish only one Hydrogen(${\mathrm{H}}^{+}$) ion per molecule in their aqueous solution.
• The acids that are derived from minerals present in the earth's crust are called Inorganic acids.
• Inorganic acids are very much soluble in water and insoluble in organic solvents.
• Most common examples of monobasic inorganic acids are Nitric acid, Hydrochloric acid, etc.
• The dissociation of Nitric acid can be represented as:

$\underset{\mathrm{Nitric}\mathrm{acid}}{{\mathrm{HNO}}_3\left(\mathrm{aq}\right)}\to \underset{\mathrm{Hydrogen}\mathrm{ion}}{{\mathrm{H}}^{+}\left(\mathrm{aq}\right)}+\underset{\mathrm{Nitrate}\mathrm{ion}}{{\mathrm{NO}}_3^{-}\left(\mathrm{aq}\right)}$

Therefore, one example of a monobasic inorganic acid is ${\mathrm{HNO}}_3$(Chemical formula) and Nitric acid(name).