Concept explainers
Interpretation: A Brønsted−Lowry acid that forms its conjugate base when dissolved in water and the role of water in this process, are to be determined.
Concept introduction:
Conjugate base: The remaining substance when a proton is lost from an acid is known as conjugate base.
Answer to Problem 5A
The conjugate base is species that remains when an acid molecule lost a proton. In the presence of an acid, water act as a base because it accepts the proton.
Explanation of Solution
According to the Brønsted−Lowry model, when a Bronsted-Lowry acid is dissolved in water, it donates its proton to water molecule and itself gets converted into conjugate base.
The reaction is represented as follows:
In this case,
In the Brønsted−Lowry model, an acid is a proton (
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