acid or base , is it confusing ?

acid or base , is it confusing ?

I will write today about acid , so bases well be handled simultaneously . In school we learn only one type of acidity ,although we don't know its name , no one had told us about bronsted or lewis acidity , so i will show them a little ans answer the confusing question " why NH₃  is abase" meanwhile .

Firstly we have to remember an important rule of thumb “ don’t store acids in metal tanks unless u re able to overcome hydrogen , that will be evolved “

Now , we all know that acid : is asubstance when dissolved in water give H₃O⁺ “ hydronium ion “ , and base : is a substance when dissolved in water give OH^- ion, this is called Arrhenius theory .

Broncted-lowry theory :

It handles with protons , acid : donate proton , base : accept proton

Eg : HNO₃ + H₂O                  H₃O⁺   + NO₃^-

      Acid         base                    acid        base

So , until now we can notice two things :

1)     OH- is an example of a base

2)     Acid-base reactions are not restricted to aqueous solutions

Lewis theory :

We always hear this word while studying catalysts and it define acid as : electron-pair acceptor , base : as electron-pair donor .

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