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Discuss in brief Arrhenius concept of acids and bases.
Acid: According to Arrhenius an acid is a hydrogen-containing substance which dissociates to give hydrogen ions (H+) in its aqueous solution. For example substances such as HCl, HNO3, CH3COOH are acids.
Acids such as HCl and HNO
3 which are almost completely ionised in aqueous solutions are known as strong acids, whereas acids such as
CH3COOH which are weakly ionised are called weak acids.
Base: According to Arrhenius, the base is a substance containing one or more hydroxide groups which dissociate to give hydroxyl ions (OH–) in its aqueous solution.For example substances such as NaOH, KOH, Ca(OH)2 are bases.
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