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Define the term ‘basicity’ of an acid. Give the basicity of: nitric acid, sulphuric acid and phosphoric acid.

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Basicity: The basicity of an acid is defined as the number of hydronium ions (H3O+) that can be produced by the ionization of one molecule of that acid in aqueous solution.

The basicity of following compounds are:

Nitric acid: Basicity = 1

Sulphuric acid: Basicity =2

Phosphoric acid: Basicity =3

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