What is the Brønsted–Lowry definition of an acid? Of a base?
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Apr 17, 2015
According to the Brønsted–Lowry scheme a substance can function as an acid only in the presence of a base and substance can function as a base only in the presence of an acid. When an acidic substance loses a proton, it forms a base, called the conjugate base of an acid, and when a basic substance gains a proton, it forms an acid called the conjugate acid of a base.
