Organic Chemistry: A Guided Inquiry
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Chapter 5, Problem 15E
Construct an explanation for why sulfuric acid is such a strong acid. (Note that sulfur is in thethird row of the periodic table and can have more than eight electrons.)
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Organic Chemistry: A Guided Inquiry
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