Paper 2 · acids and bases / equilibria

A Bronsted-Lowry acid is a species which

Adonates a proton

Baccepts a proton

Cdonates a pair of electrons

Dproduces hydroxide ions in water

Explanation: In the Bronsted-Lowry theory an acid donates

H^+

and the base which accepts it becomes the conjugate acid.

Derived from ZIMSEC Chemistry Paper 2, June 2012, Q1

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