A solution of hcl in water conducts electricity, but a solution of hcl in chloroform, chcl3, does not. what does this observation tell you about how hcl exists in water and how it exists in chloroform?

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Ayla Hines

6 January, 13:38

A solution of hcl in water conducts electricity, but a solution of hcl in chloroform, chcl3, does not. what does this observation tell you about how hcl exists in water and how it exists in chloroform?

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Remington Callahan · Answer 1

Hydrochloric acid (HCl) dissociate on positive ions or cations of hydogen (H⁺) and negative ions or anions of chlorine (Cl⁻). When there is free cations and ions, water solution can conduct electricity. Chloroform do not dissociate on ions in water, because that is not polar molecule, so chloroform is in molecular form in solution.