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Subject: Why is CHB11R5X6 a strong acid?

Date: Mon Nov 21 16:14:14 2005
Posted by Philip
Grade level: 10-12 School: Stuyvesant High School
City: Manhattan State/Province: NY Country: USA
Area of science: Chemistry
ID: 1132614854.Ch
Message:

reference- http://www.primidi.com/2004/11/17.html (claims it's the strongest
acid...a million times more concentrated than sulfuric acid)

What is the strongest acid-
http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/aug2000/966524756.Ch.r.html 

Neil Saunders said that a strong acid is classified either in "amount it
dissociates" or "corrosiveness".
However CHB11R5X6 (carborane ions) is not corrosive, so i'm guessing it would
dissociate protons easily but it doesn't look like it. it looks stable.

I don't know why I'm asking. Just interested I guess. I just hate how lots of
information are left out from school teachings. It's common knowledge about the
6 strong acids, but there are stronger acids which is quite scary to imagine.


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