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Explain Lowry- Bronsted theory of acid and base. |
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Answer» Solution :(i) According to Lowry- Bronsted theory, an acid is DEFINED as a substance that has a tendency to donate a PROTON to another substance and base is a substance that has a tendency to accept a proton from other substance. (ii) An acid is a proton DONOR and a base is a proton ACCEPTOR. (iii) When HCl is dissolved in `H_2O`, HCL donates a proton to `H_2O`. Thus HCl BEHAVES as an acid and `H_2O` is a base. |
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