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Acids, bases + alkalines

What is difference between acids, bases and alkalines and how do you know if an element is an acid, base or alkaline?
Original post by itz_.vik
What is difference between acids, bases and alkalines and how do you know if an element is an acid, base or alkaline?


Acids are proton donors or lone pair acceptors.

Bases are proton acceptors or lone pair donors.

Alkalis are bases which are soluble in water, they release OH- ions in water.

This will help you determine which compounds are acids and bases, elements can’t be acidic/basic.
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Original post by AlanAnonymouss
Acids are proton donors or lone pair acceptors.

Bases are proton acceptors or lone pair donors.

Alkalis are bases which are soluble in water, they release OH- ions in water.

This will help you determine which compounds are acids and bases, elements can’t be acidic/basic.


What does soluble mean
The above poster is right, but if you're putting it into GCSE language then acids have H+ ions, bases have OH- ions and alkalis are bases diluted in water.
Original post by itz_.vik
What does soluble mean


Soluble means dissolves

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