Why on dilution the of CH3COOH increases drastically, while that of CH3COONa increases gradually?

CH3COOH is a weak electrolyte and CH3COONa is a strong electrolyte. A weak electrolyte has a lower degree of dissociation at higher concentration but upon dilution, the degree of dissociation increases, the number of ions per unit volume increases and this lead to an increase in .So, the increase in drastic

For strong electrolytes upon dilution, the number of ions doesn’t change,but interionic attraction decreases and hence the increase is gradual.


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