[nastyraz]

Hi everyone,

I was just wondering what the difference between a strong and a weak electrolyte is. More specifically, I am wondering if Glutamic acid is a weak electrolyte, and if so why?  Any help is appreciated. THANK!




nasty

[macman104]

Simply, strong electrolyte dissociate almost completely (or completely), weak electrolytes do not dissociate completely.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strong_electrolyte
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrolyte#Principles
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyelectrolyte

[nastyraz]

Cheers for the info, I was just wondering, you know how the article says that for a weak polyelectrolyte the pK(a) or pK(b) value must be between 2-10, is this correct? is there a more reliable source than wikipedia for this?

[macman104]

Sorry, I only know what I read, I'm not sure otherwise .

[nastyraz]

Sorry, I only know what I read, I'm not sure otherwise .

its all good, cheers for the help macman