What's the pH value of carborane superacid [H(CHB11 Cl11)], the world's strongest acid?

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I searched in many websites from Google, but with no proper result. It isn't even mentioned on Wikipedia.
I hope someone can help me find it.

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@Swapnil,

Try this site for it:
http://casey.brown.edu/chemistry/research/LSWang/publications/313.pdf
hope it helps!
Jeannie

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@JeanAwesome156,

Thanks for your effort, but that didn't really tell anything about the pH.

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@Swapnil,

Swapnil wrote:

Thanks for your effort, but that didn't really tell anything about the pH.

I typed "Carborane superacid ph" into Google and got an answer in about 10 seconds.

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@contrex,

Okay, it's -18
Thanks!

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@Swapnil,

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The reason this is technically the world’s strongest acid is because it’s the strongest acid as a single molecule. Much stronger acids- the acids that melt through tables- can be created by mixing certain antimony compounds with hydrofluoric acid (HF). For example when you mix SbF5 with HF, you get an acid with a pH of -31.

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http://chemistrytwig.com/2011/05/09/what-is-the-strongest-acid/

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