Why does Hydrochloric Acid dissociates more than Sulfuric Acid, or more than most other acids for that matter?

Saturday, March 26, 2022

Why does Hydrochloric Acid dissociates more than Sulfuric Acid, or more than most other acids for that matter?

Posted: 26 Mar 2022 10:39 AM PDT

This question comes from one I asked my chemistry teacher: how can we tell apart strong acids and bases from weaker acids and bases by JUST knowing their name (ie KOH, H3PO4, etc) and properties we can derive from the periodic table, atomic structure, so on. My teacher's answer kept coming down "strong acids and bases dissociates more than weak acids and bases" and I kept asking "Why? Why does [random acid] dissociate more than [weaker random acid]? What properties do they differ that allows one acid to be stronger than the other?" . . . and eventually my teacher just said "I don't know." Needless to say I'm unsatisfied, any help please?

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