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Trends in p-block hydrides and oxides
Concepts tested here
- Acid strength and pKa
All Questions
2012 AIPMT-MAINS 1 question
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In which of the following arrangements the given sequence is not strictly according to the property indicated against it?Down group 16 the H–E bond becomes weaker, so acid strength increases: $H_2O < H_2S < H_2Se < H_2Te$.
A stronger acid has a larger $K_a$ and therefore a smaller $pK_a$.
So $pK_a$ decreases in the order $H_2O > H_2S > H_2Se > H_2Te$; the sequence given as increasing $pK_a$ is not correct.
The other three sequences are correct.
