The acidity of halogens acids decrease in the order HI>HBr>HCl although their ionic characters increase in the reverse order.
In other solvents, however, the strengths of these acids decrease in the order HI > HBr > HCl: due to the decrease in the H-X bond energy in the order HCl > HBr > HI.
Ionic character increase in order HI< HBr < HCl due to increase in electronegativity of the halides in order I < Br < Cl.
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