Pure acid without water?

2013-02-28 11:34 am
Which acids can be pure? and why?
I think all acids need water to have ionization so that they can be acids.
But if it's pure, does it mean no water is added?
So how can ionization be carried out and how can "pure acid" be an "acid"?

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2013-02-28 11:51 am
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Sure, all acids can be pure. For example, HCl is a gas in its pure state, no water. Another is H2SO4, it is a liquid at 100% purity.

So an acid is defined in its ability to deliver an H+ (or a proton). It does not mean all of the H+ is present in its ionized form. You have to add water for that to happen and the acid can then provide the H+ to the added water. This property is used in a practical sense in industry. High purity sulfuric acid (>98%) is often stored in plain steel tanks because there is so little water to ionize the H+, it is not corrosive. But 4% H2SO4? You have to use stainless steel or some other high alloy to prevent it from being corroded by the acid, plenty of H+ there.
2013-03-01 4:07 am
There are acids (proton donors) that do not require water, in fact, they have to be used in an anhydrous medium; they are called superacids:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superacid


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