With suitable examples, show that water acts as Bronsted acid as well as Bronsted base.

Solution

H₂O as Bronsted acid:

NH subscript 3 plus space straight H subscript 2 straight O space space rightwards harpoon over leftwards harpoon space space space NH subscript 4 superscript plus space plus space OH to the power of minus

straight H subscript 2 straight O

as a Bronsted base:

HCl space plus space straight H subscript 2 straight O space space rightwards harpoon over leftwards harpoon space space space space space straight H subscript 3 straight O to the power of plus space plus space Cl to the power of minus

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