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is calcium hydroxide a strong alkali? if no, why? if yes, why? i really don’t understand

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Answer:

Yes

Explanation:

Neither Calcium nor hydrogen nor oxygen are alkali metals

  • Alkali metals are Group 1 elements
  • They are very soft and mellable.
  • H,Li,Na,K,Cs,Fr are included in it however H is not a actual member

Here

Ca(OH)_2 is the compound

Vant Hoff factor is 3

As it's greater than 1 it's a very strong base .

The pOH of this comes around 1.5 to 1.3

So very heavy ionic dissociation

Strong Alkali