Which is the correct answer: Higher Hydration energy: Ca +2 or La +3 (same size and electroneg.) Higher Hydration energy:: Sr +2 or Pb +2 (same size and charge) Higher Hydration energy: Ba +2 or Ca +2 (same charge an delectroneg.) The more basic anion: IO 4 - or Br) 4 The more basic anion: BeO 2 - or BrO 4 - The stronger Acid: HClO 2 or HClO 3 and explain why Solution Higher Hydration energy: Ca +2 or La +3 La +3 and Ca +2 are nearly same in size. But the charge density on La +3 is more than Ca +2 due to +3 charge on La +3 compared to +2 charge on Ca + . Hence, hydration energy of La +3 is more than Ca +2 . Higher Hydration energy:: Sr +2 or Pb +2 Here charges are same but size decides the energy. Radius of Sr2+ is 132 while that of Pb2+ is 133. So Sr is small is size so have high hydration energy. Higher Hydration energy: Ba +2 or Ca +2 Barium cation(+2) have more hydration energy compare to Ca2+ due to smaller size. More basic anion: IO-4 or Br-4 IO-4 is more basic due to electronegetivity of Iodine which is less compare to Bromine. The more basic anion: BeO 2 - or BrO 4 - BeO 2 - is more basic due to electronegetivity of bromine which is less compare to Berylium. The stronger Acid: HClO 2 or HClO 3 Most acidic: HClO4 > HClO3 > HClO2 > HClO. The more number of oxygens in an oxyacid, the stronger an acid . .