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Equilibrium

Question
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What is the conjugate base?

Solution
The residual part of an acid after the removal of the proton is called the conjugate base of that acid.
Acid space space rightwards arrow space space space straight H to the power of plus space plus space Conjugate space base
HCl space space rightwards arrow space space space straight H to the power of plus plus Cl to the power of minus
Cl to the power of minus is the conjugate base of HCl.