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Truong-Son N.
Mar 30, 2017

Because the charges of chloride and nitrate are -1. You cannot achieve an anion that has a zero charge.

Bisulfate is "HSO"_4^(-) and bicarbonate is "HCO"_3^(-). However, nitrate is "NO"_3^(-)... if you add an "H"^(+) to convert it to its conjugate acid, all you get is a neutral (and STRONG) acid, "HNO"_3. "Binitrate", by its naming scheme, would in theory be negatively charged, but nitric acid is clearly neutral. Thus, "binitrate" cannot exist.

What is the conjugate acid of "Cl"^(-)? Is it also strong?

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