Do acids donate hydrogen ions

Answer 1

It means that when you add an acid to water, for instance hydrochloric acid, or HCl, it will break apart into two ions H+ and Cl-. The H+ is the hydrogen ion. The H+ released is the "active" ingredient in an acid. On the other hand, when you add a base to water, it doesn't release H+, but rather it takes H+ that is already in the solution and bonds to it. The most common way this happens is with the hydroxide ion, or OH-. For instance, if you have the base potassium hydroxide, KOH, and you add it to water, it will form the ions K+ and OH-. The OH- will very quickly react with any H+ in the solution and when that happens, you form water: H+ + OH- --> H2O So acids give off H+ into the water, and bases remove it. A simple analogy is a sponge. Acids are like wet sponges -- when you squeeze it the liquid comes out. Bases are like dry sponges -- when you put water on it, it soaks it up. Note: there are other more complete definitions of acids and bases that don't involve H+ at all. In fact, it is more accurate to say that an base is a species that donates electron pairs, and an acid is a species that accepts electron pairs. This definition, while much more complete, is somewhat harder to explain on a simple level however.

Answer 2

when reacted with each other then positive acid has an extra hydrogen to donate to the basic ion(who has no hydrgen ions to give away) so the base accepts the hydrogen ion. thus the name proton donor and proton acceptor

Answer 3

Acids donate their Hydrogen atoms to water molecules that become H3O, and a Base steals the Hydrogen atoms from the water molecules returning them back to H2O.

Acids donate H atoms to water molecules, and Bases take the H atoms from water.

ACID: H2O + H = H3O (converts water to Hydronium).

BASE: H3O + OH = H2O & H2O(Converts Hydronium to two molecules of water).

To be affective, an Acid needs H2O to actively dissolve.

To be affective, a Base needs H3O to actively dissolve.

An Acid turns H2O water into H3O Hydronium.

A Base turns H3O Hydronium into H2O water.

A Base also turns H2O water into HO/OH Hydroxide.

An Acid gives Hydrogen to Water and a Base steals Hydrogen from water.

Answer 4

according to the bronsted-lowry theory, acids are substances, that, in solution, tend to give up protons (hydrogen ions). That is they DONATE :)

Answer 5

The shortest, nontechnical, answer is that acids are recognized as proton (hydrogen ion) donors and bases are proton (hydrogen ion) receptors.