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acid–base reaction — ▪ chemistry Introduction a type of chemical process typified by the exchange of one or more hydrogen ions, H+, between species that may be neutral (molecules, such as water, H2O; or acetic acid, CH3CO2H) or electrically charged (ions, such… … Universalium
Acid–base reaction — An acid base reaction is a chemical reaction that occurs between an acid and a base. Several concepts exist which provide alternative definitions for the reaction mechanisms involved and their application in solving related problems. Despite… … Wikipedia
Conjugate acid — Within the Brønsted–Lowry acid base theory (protonic), a conjugate acid is the acid member, HX, of a pair of two compounds that transform into each other by gain or loss of a proton. A conjugate acid can also be seen as the chemical substance… … Wikipedia
Brønsted–Lowry acid–base theory — In chemistry, the Brønsted–Lowry theory is an acid base theory, proposed independently by Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted and Thomas Martin Lowry in 1923.[1][2] In this system, Brønsted acids and Brønsted bases are defined, by which an acid is a… … Wikipedia
Brønsted–Lowry acid-base theory — In chemistry, the Brønsted–Lowry acid base theory is an acid base theory. It was proposed independently by Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted and Thomas Martin Lowry in 1923. In this system, an acid is defined as any chemical species (molecule or ion)… … Wikipedia
acid — 1. A compound yielding a hydrogen ion in a polar solvent ( e.g., in water); acids form salts by replacing all or part of the ionizable hydrogen with an electropositive element or radical. 2. In popular … Medical dictionary
pair — Two objects considered together because of similarity, for a common purpose, or because of some attracting force between them. base p. (b.p.) the complex of two heterocyclic nucleic acid bases, one a pyrimidine and the other a purine, brought… … Medical dictionary
Acid — This article is about acids in chemistry. For the drug, see Lysergic acid diethylamide. For other uses, see Acid (disambiguation). Acidity redirects here. For the novelette, see Acidity (Novelette). Acids and Bases … Wikipedia
Base (chemistry) — For the term in genetics, see base (genetics) Acids and Bases Acid dissociation constant Acid base extraction Acid–base reaction Acid–base titration … Wikipedia
conjugate — verb (conjugated, conjugating) –verb (t) /ˈkɒndʒəgeɪt / (say konjuhgayt) 1. Grammar a. to inflect (a verb). b. to recite or display all, or some subset of, the inflected forms of (a verb), in a fixed order: conjugate the present tense verb be as… …
