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minus-squarelogicbomb@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·6 days agoDoesn’t an acid have to be an acid, though?
minus-squarebrokenlcd@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-26 days agoamphotericity is some weird shit, so yes. Water also an acid. (100% butchered the translation)
minus-squarelogicbomb@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 days agoIn that situation, is it called hydroxic acid, as OP says?
minus-squareCrazyLikeGollum@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·edit-26 days agoyes, but also in other situations too. It’s a valid name for water.
minus-squareDoubleSpace@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·6 days agoIt can behave like an acid by donating a proton when mixed with a stronger base.
minus-squareShinkanTrain@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·6 days agoWhen you mix it with water, it’ll form a hydronium ion, what else do you need?
Doesn’t an acid have to be an acid, though?
amphotericity is some weird shit, so yes. Water also an acid. (100% butchered the translation)
In that situation, is it called hydroxic acid, as OP says?
yes, but also in other situations too. It’s a valid name for water.
It can behave like an acid by donating a proton when mixed with a stronger base.
When you mix it with water, it’ll form a hydronium ion, what else do you need?