Explanation:
An acid is a substance that interacts with water to produce excess hydroxonium ions, H₃O⁺ in an aqueous solution.
The hydroxonium ions formed by the chemical bonding between the oxygen of water molecules and the protons released by the acid due to its excess ionization.
For example:
HCl + H₂O ⇄ H₃O⁺ + Cl⁻
acid water hydroxonium chloride
A base is a substance that interacts with water to yield excess hydroxide ions, OH⁻ in an aqueous solutions:
NH₃ + H₂O ⇄ NH₄⁺ + OH⁻
Ammonia water ammonium hydroxide
These explanations are based on the arrhenius theory.
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Bronsted-lowry theory brainly.com/question/4083753
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