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Why is Hydrochloric (HCl) acid classed as strong acid and Sodium hydroxide strong base?
In dilute and average water solutions they are near 100% dissociated into their ionic components (H+,Cl- and Na+,OH-). How do you know which ones do this? You memorize them. Weak acids and bases are not near 100% and they will have an equilibrium constant associated with them.
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