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Water is a base. But, let's say you put lemons in the water, it would now be an acid.
HSO4 can act as a base by gaining a hydrogen ion to make H2SO4. HSO4 can act as an acid by losing a hydrogen ion to make SO4.
Water is both an acid and a base in the sense that it donates protons to a base thus becoming hydroxide and accepts protons from an acid thus making it hydronium.
The simplest way to answer this is to say that water can act as an acid or a base - giving up a proton (H+) or taking one. When put with an acid, it acts as a base and therefore accepts the proton from the acid. acid + base <---> acid + base HCl + H2O <---> Cl- + H3O+
Am amphoteric substance can react as a base but also as an acid.
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An amphoteric compound can act as an acid but also as base.
Water is a base. But, let's say you put lemons in the water, it would now be an acid.
HSO4 can act as a base by gaining a hydrogen ion to make H2SO4. HSO4 can act as an acid by losing a hydrogen ion to make SO4.
Water is both an acid and a base in the sense that it donates protons to a base thus becoming hydroxide and accepts protons from an acid thus making it hydronium.
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The simplest way to answer this is to say that water can act as an acid or a base - giving up a proton (H+) or taking one. When put with an acid, it acts as a base and therefore accepts the proton from the acid. acid + base <---> acid + base HCl + H2O <---> Cl- + H3O+
it means that water can act as a base or an acid.
Ephedrine sulfate will act as a weak acid in solution because yes it is the salt of a weak base (ephedrine) and a strong acid (sulfuric acid)
Sodium bicarbonate is generally considered a base. Technically, however, it is an amphoteric substance, meaning it can act as both an acid an a base.