Formic acid is stronger acid than acetic acid. Explain.

Give reason in one or two sentences for the following : 'Formic acid is a stronger acid than acetic acid'.

Justify : Trichloroacetic acid is a stronger acid than dichloroacetic acid (ii) Formic acid is a stronger acid than acetic acid.

Assertion: Formic acid reduces mercuric chloride to mercurous chloride on heating , while acetic acid does not. Reason : Formic acid is stronger acid than acetic acid.

Hydrochloric acid is a stronger acid than acetic acid. This is because

Assertion : Benzoic acid is stronger acid than acetic acid. Reason : K_(a) for benzoic acid is 6.5xx10^(-5) and for acetic acid is 1.74xx10^(-5) .

(b) Explain why chloroacetic acid is a stronger acid than acetic acid.

Chloroacetic acid is a stronger acid than acetic acid this can be explained using