In their paper The strengths of the hydrohalic acids (J. Chem. Educ., 2001, 78, 116), R. Schmid

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In their paper ‘The strengths of the hydrohalic acids’ (J. Chem. Educ., 2001, 78, 116), R. Schmid and A. Miah discuss the validity of literature values of the pKa values for HF, HCl, HBr, and HI. 

(a) On what basis have the literature values been estimated? 

(b) To what is the low acid strength of HF relative to HCl usually attributed? 

(c) What reason do the authors suggest for the high acid strength of HCl?

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Inorganic Chemistry

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