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Ostwald Dilution Law

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What will be the acidity of Magnesium hydroxide?

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Solution

The correct option is C 2
The acidity of any polyacidic base is the number of ionizable hydroxyl ion.
Magnesium hydroxide is a base and it dissociates as follows in solution.
$M g (O H)_{2} (a q) ⇌ M g^{2 +} (a q) + 2 O H^{-} (a q)$
Since it releases 2 hydroxyl ions, it acidity is 2.

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