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Limitations of Arrhenius concept

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Limitations of Arrhenius concept
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Gaurav Seth 3 years, 11 months ago

(i)  Limited scope: Arrhenius concept is limited to aqueous medium only. It fails to explain the behaviour of acids and bases in a non-aqueous solvent like ammonia,sulphur dioxide,alcohol, etc.

(ii) According to Arrhenius, the acidic and basic properties are due to H+ and OHions respectively. However, these ions do not exist as such that readily get hydrated and represented as H+ (aq) and OH (aq).

(iii) It fails to explain the acidic nature of CO2, SO2, SO3, N2O5 which do not contain any hydrogen.

(iv) It fails to explain the basic nature of CaO, NH3,Na2CO3 which do not contain any hydroxyl group.

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