{"id":236179,"date":"2025-06-16T05:42:13","date_gmt":"2025-06-16T05:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=236179"},"modified":"2025-06-16T05:42:15","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T05:42:15","slug":"which-is-the-strongest-base-naoh-or-baoh2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/16\/which-is-the-strongest-base-naoh-or-baoh2\/","title":{"rendered":"Which is the strongest base, NaOH or Ba(OH)2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Which is the strongest base, NaOH or Ba(OH)2? Also, mention the reason.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-1-color\">The Correct Answer and Explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Correct Answer:<\/strong><br><strong>Ba(OH)\u2082<\/strong> is the stronger base compared to <strong>NaOH<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Explanation <\/strong><br>A base is considered strong when it dissociates completely in water to produce hydroxide ions (OH\u207b). Both sodium hydroxide (NaOH) and barium hydroxide (Ba(OH)\u2082) are classified as strong bases because they dissociate fully in aqueous solution. However, a comparison between the two reveals a significant difference in the number of hydroxide ions released per formula unit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sodium hydroxide is a <strong>monobasic<\/strong> base, meaning it releases <strong>only one hydroxide ion<\/strong> per molecule upon dissociation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>NaOH \u2192 Na\u207a + OH\u207b<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Barium hydroxide, on the other hand, is a <strong>dibasic<\/strong> base. Each molecule of Ba(OH)\u2082 produces <strong>two hydroxide ions<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Ba(OH)\u2082 \u2192 Ba\u00b2\u207a + 2OH\u207b<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This means that for the same number of formula units, Ba(OH)\u2082 introduces <strong>twice as many hydroxide ions<\/strong> into the solution as NaOH. Consequently, the concentration of OH\u207b ions in a Ba(OH)\u2082 solution is higher, resulting in a higher pH and stronger basic properties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, barium hydroxide remains highly dissociated in water, especially in dilute solutions, allowing it to exert a stronger effect in neutralizing acids or increasing pH. While both compounds are ionic and fully dissociate in water, the release of more hydroxide ions gives Ba(OH)\u2082 a stronger alkalinity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From a titration or neutralization perspective, fewer moles of Ba(OH)\u2082 are needed to neutralize a given amount of acid, due to the two hydroxide ions per mole. This enhances its effective basicity per mole of compound.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In conclusion, barium hydroxide (Ba(OH)\u2082) is stronger than sodium hydroxide (NaOH) because it delivers more hydroxide ions per mole of substance, resulting in greater alkalinity and stronger base behavior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/learnexams-banner8-682.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-236180\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Which is the strongest base, NaOH or Ba(OH)2? Also, mention the reason. The Correct Answer and Explanation is: Correct Answer:Ba(OH)\u2082 is the stronger base compared to NaOH. Explanation A base is considered strong when it dissociates completely in water to produce hydroxide ions (OH\u207b). Both sodium hydroxide (NaOH) and barium hydroxide (Ba(OH)\u2082) are classified as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-236179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=236179"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236179\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=236179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=236179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=236179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}