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Ahh, Svante Arrhenius. Cool guy. Wish I'd met him.

Anyway, Arrhenius created a definition for an acid and for a base --

Acid - a substance which produces hydronium ions (H3O+) in aqueous solution

Base - a substance which produces hydroxide ions (OH-) in aqueous solution

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