What's the difference between Basicity and basic strength ?

Dear student
 

The basicity of an acid is the number of hydrogen ions, which can be produced by one molecule of the acid. The table below shows some acids and their basicity.

Acid

Basicity

1 Monobasic: HCl

2 Dibasic: H2SO4

3 Tri Basic: H3PO4

Basic strength on the other hand is  how quickly a base produces OH- ions when dissolved in water.
Thus Basicity is the number of hydronium ions produced whereas strength of a base is how quickly it produces those OH- ions.

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Basicity is the number of replaceable hydrogen ions in the acid molecule. it is always the same. for example sulphuric acid has two such ions hence Basicity is two. ... Strength orbasicity of an acid is one and the same thing which means the no. of hydronium produced by ionisation of one molecule of that acid .
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