Strong Acids and Bases

What strong acids and bases should you be familier with for the MCAT?

Table 32.3: Strong acids (left) and strong bases (right).

HCl	Hydrochloric acid		NaOH	Sodium hydroxide
HBr	Hydrobromic acid		KOH	Potassium hydroxide
HI	Hydroiodic acid		Ca(OH)$_{2}$	Calcium hydroxide
HNO$_{3}$	Nitric acid
HClO$_{4}$	Perchloric acid
H$_{2}$SO$_{4}$	Sulfuric acid

What is the difference between strong acids/bases and weak acids/bases?

Simply put, strong acids/bases dissociate 100%, weak acids/bases do not.