Question

Define acid and base.​

Answer 1

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Acid:-

• Acids have a sour taste
• It turns blue colour litmus paper into red.
• Acid gives off hydrogen ions when dissolved in water.

Base:-

• It has bitter taste and soapy to touch
• Bases give off hydroxyl ion when dissolved in water.
• It turns red colour litmus paper into blue.

Answer 2

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An acid is a substance that donates protons (in the Brønsted-Lowry definition) or accepts a pair of valence electrons to form a bond (in the Lewis definition). A base is a substance that can accept protons or donate a pair of valence electrons to form a bond.