Chemical Acids

The pH of a solution varies from 0 to 14.

  1. Solutions having a value of pH ranging from 0 to 7 on the pH scale are termed as acidic and the value of pH ranging from 7 to 14 on pH scale are known as basic solutions.
  2. Solutions having the value of pH equal to 7 on pH scale are known as neutral solutions.

Solutions having the value of pH equal to 0 are known to be strongly acidic solutions. Further, the acidity decreases as the value of pH increases from 0 to 7 whereas, solutions with the value of pH equal to 14 are termed as strongly basic solutions.

Here is the list of chemical acids and their chemical names -

Acid NamesChemical Name
H2SO4sulfuric acid
H2SO3sulfurous acid
HNO3nitric acid
HNO2nitrous acid
H3PO4phosphoric acid
H3PO3phosphorous acid
H2CO3carbonic acid
HC2H3O2acetic acid
HClO4perchloric acid
HClO3chloric acid
HClO2chlorous acid
HClOhypochlorous acid
HClhydrochloric acid
HBrhydrobromic acid
HIhydroiodic acid
HFhydrofluoric acid