| Term | Definition |
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| Bronsted acid | any hydrogen containing substance that is capable of donating a proton (H+) to another substance |
| Bronsted base | any substance capable of accepting a proton from another substance |
| Arrhenius acid | a chemical compound that increases the concentration of hydrogen ions in aqueous solution |
| Arrhenius base | a substance that increases the concentration of hydroxide ions in aqueous solution |
| Lewis acid | any substance that can accept a pair of electrons to form a covalent bond |
| Lewis base | any substance that can donate a pair of electrons to form a covalent bond |
| amphoteric | having characteristics of both an acid and a base and capable of reacting as either |
| conjugate acid | species that is formed with a base gains a proton |
| conjugate base | species that remains after an acid has given up a proton |
| hydroxide ion | a water molecule that loses a proton is now this (OH-) |
| hydronium ion | hydrogen ion combines with a water molecule to form a hydronium ion (H3O+) |
| neutralization | the reaction of hydronium ions and hyrdoxide ions to form water molecules |
| monoprotic acid | an acid that can donate only one proton per molecule |
| diprotic acid | an acid that can donate two protons per molecule |
| polyprotic acid | an acid that can donate more than one proton per molecule |
| strong acid | an acid that is completely (or almost completely) ionized in aqueous solution |
| weak acid | an acid that is only slightly ionized in aqueous solution |
| salt | an ionic compound composed of a metal cation of an aqueous base and the anion from an aqueous base and the anion from an aqueous acid |
| end point | occurs in a titration when the indicator changes color |
| equivalence point | the point in titration when the amount of added base or acid exactly equals the amount of acid or base originally in the solution |
| indicator | a substance that changes color when mixed with an acid or base |
| normality | concentration expressed in gram equivalents of solute per liter |
| standard solution | the solution of known concentration |
| titration | process in which a solution of known concentration is used to determine the concentration of another solution |
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