The levelling effect and superacidity
Chemistry
Level
2
Which is the solvent that is best able to distinguish the relative acidities of superacids?
Hydrofluoric acid
Sulfuric acid
Water
Ammonia
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1 solution
Because of common ion effect of protonium ion, the superacids(HI,HBr,HClO4,HSbF6) would show less acidic character in sulfuric acid (it would be best solvent for this observation because it would release max. protonium ion in solution compared to other choices).