What is hydrogen halide

hydrogen halide

n. (context inorganic chemistry English) Any binary compound of hydrogen and a halide

Hydrogen halide

Hydrogen halides (or hydrohalic acids) are inorganic compounds with the formula HX where X is one of the halogens: fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine, astatine, and possibly ununseptium. Hydrogen halides are gases that dissolve in water to give acids.

Compound

Chemical formula

Bond length
d(H−X) / pm
(gas phase)

model

Dipole
μ / D

Aqueous phase (acid)

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