title: Binary acid
text: # Binary acid
  
  Binary acids or Hydracids are certain molecular compounds in which hydrogen is combined with a second nonmetallic element.
  
  Examples:
  
  * HF
  * $H_2S$
  * HCl
  * HBr
  * HI
  * HAt
  
  Their strengths depend on the solvation of the initial acid, the H-X bond energy, the electron affinity energy of X, and the solvation energy of X. Observed trends in acidity correlate with bond energies, the weaker the H-X bond, the stronger the acid. For example, there is a weak bond between hydrogen and iodine in hydroiodic acid, making it a very strong acid.
  
  Binary acids are one of two classes of acids, the second being the oxyacids, which consist of a hydrogen, oxygen, and some other element.
  
  The names of binary acids begin with hydro- followed by the name of the other element modified to end with -ic.
  
  Some texts contrast two types of acids. 1. binary acids or hydracids and 2. oxyacids that contain oxygen.
  
  