Topic Content:
- Definition of Acid
- Arrhenius Definition of an Acid
- Brønsted–Lowry Concept of Acids
- Lewis Concept of Acid
- Types of Acid
- List of Common Organic Acids
- List of Organic Acids
Acids have long been associated with the sour taste of some fruits such as lime and lemon. However, the definition of an acid has now been modified to express and reflect the behaviour of acid in solution.
An Acid is defined as a substance which when dissolved in water produces hydrogen or hydroxonium ion as the only positive ion.
(i) HCl(aq) → H+(aq)) + OH–(aq)
(ii) HCl(aq) → H3O+ (aq) + OH–(aq)
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Arrhenius Definition of an Acid:
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