WHT IS ACID N BASE?EXPLAIN THIS WITH EXAMPLES
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a) Acids are those chemical substances that have a sour taste. Example: Acetic acid and citric acid. Base is a chemical substance that has a bitter taste. Example: Caustic soda and washing soda. (b) Strong bases – Sodium hydroxide (NaOH), potassium hydroxide (KOH).
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. Bases can be thought of as the chemical opposite of acids.
Common examples of bases include metal oxides and metal hydroxides and ammonium hydroxide.
Examples of acids include the inorganic substances known as the mineral acids—sulfuric, nitric, hydrochloric, and phosphoric acids—and the organic compounds belonging to the carboxylic acid, sulfonic acid, and phenol groups. ... Examples of nonaqueous acids are sulfur trioxide, aluminum chloride, and boron trifluoride.