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Because water is amphoteric and acts like a Bronsted-Lowry base when mixed with an acid, it will gain a proton and produce hydronium. This is just as a base gains a proton and forms a conjugate acid.
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Is limestone a base?
Yes, limestone or calcium carbonate is a base when it is dissolved in water. Water itself can act as either an acid or a base.
Is H2O amphiprotic?
it means that water can act as a base or an acid.
What does pyridine act as when it reacts with water to form hydroxide?
a base b/c OH is formed
Is Hydrogen insoluble in water?
Hydrazine is very soluble in water. It can act as a base due to the lone pairs on the nitrogen atom being available to accept protons. N2H4 + H20 -> [N2H5]+ + OH-
Why does water have a lopsided shape and act like a chemical magnet?
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How can water act as a acid or a base?
Water is a base. But, let's say you put lemons in the water, it would now be an acid.
Is limestone a base?
Yes, limestone or calcium carbonate is a base when it is dissolved in water. Water itself can act as either an acid or a base.
Is water an acid or a base?
At pH 7 water is neutral. But... water is amphoteric- it can act as an acid or a base if the pH of 7 is disrupted. its acidic or base like properties depend on whether it is receiving or donating a proton. (acids-proton donars, bases-proton acceptors.
Is H2O amphiprotic?
it means that water can act as a base or an acid.
Can an amphoteric compound act like an acid and a base?
Am amphoteric substance can react as a base but also as an acid.
According to the Arrhenius concept if NaOH were dissolved in water it would act as?
A Base =)
If water can act as an acid or base what is it?
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.
What help the plants to pump the water it absorb upwards?
Its roots act like mini vacuums to suck up the water./ Variation in the osmotic potential of cell sap in the cells of the shoot from the base to the top of it.
When ammonia is added to water does it act as an acid or a base?
When ammonia is added to water, it acts as a base. This is because according to Lewis Concept of Acids and Bases, a lone pair donor is a base. NH(3) donates its lone pair to H+ ion from water and hence is a base.
What does pyridine act as when it reacts with water to form hydroxide?
a base b/c OH is formed
Is water both acidic and basic?
Pure water is neutral, that is, neither acidic nor basic. HOWEVER, it can act as acid as well as base on treating with base and acid respectively. this is said to be aMphoteric chracter of water.
Does water act as an acid or base with Ammonia?
Water always acts as an acid with Ammonia ,water donates H+ ions forming the Ammonium ion NH4+.
