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When carbon dioxide is passed through water, some of it dissolves. A small fraction of the dissolved CO2 interacts with the water to become carbonic acid, H2CO3. Like other acids, this weak acid produces hydrogen ions. These ions react with other substances to produce the characteristic chemical behavior of acids.

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