World of Chemistry
World of Chemistry
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Author: Steven S. Zumdahl
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin College Div
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Chapter 16.1, Problem 5RQ
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Interpretation: To label which species acts as Brønsted-Lowry acid-base pair.

Concept introduction: A Brønsted-Lowry acid is a hydrogen ion ( H+ ) donor. A Brønsted-Lowry base is a proton hydrogen ion ( H+ ) acceptor.

A species that can as act both as an acid and as a base according to Brønsted-Lowry Theory is said to be amphoteric. Since water can act both as an acid and as a base, water is amphoteric.

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  H2O act as both acid and base.

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  World of Chemistry, Chapter 16.1, Problem 5RQ

As, we can see from the reaction mechanism that one molecule of H2O accepts hydrogen (acting as an acid) from other H2O molecule which is acting as a base.

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  H2O act as both acid and base.

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