Question

What is acids ? And what is its characteristics?
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Answer 1

• An acid is a chemical substance, usually a liquid, which contains hydrogen and can react with other substances to form salts. Some acids burn or dissolve other substances that they come into contact with.
• Aqueous solutions of acids are electrolytes, meaning that they conduct an electrical current. ...
• Acids have a sour taste. ...
• A Acids change the color of certain acid-base indicators. ...
• Acids react with active metals to yield hydrogen gas.

Answer 2

Answer:

any of various typically water-soluble and sour compounds that in solution are capable of reacting with a base (see BASE entry 1 sense 6a) to form a salt, redden litmus, and have a pH less than 7, that are hydrogen-containing molecules or ions able to give up a proton to a base, or that are substances able to accept an unshared pair of electrons from a base

2 : something incisive, biting, or sarcastic

a social satire dripping with acid