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A substance that gives up a proton during a chemical reaction, raising the hydrogen ion concentration of water, is most appropriately called _____. See section 2.2 (page 62) .

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Step-by-step explanation:

A substance that is able to increase hydrogen ion concentration in water or a solvent is known as an acid.

For example, when HCl is dissolved in water then it will lead to release of hydrogen ions (
[H^(+)]) or hydronium ions (
[H_(3)O^(+)]) into water.

The reaction will be as follows.


HCl + H_(2)O \rightarrow H_(3)O^(+) + Cl^(-)

Thus, we can conclude that a substance that gives up a proton during a chemical reaction, raising the hydrogen ion concentration of water, is most appropriately called an acid.

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The answer is an acid.

That is a substance that gives up a proton during a chemical reaction, raising the hydrogen ion concentration of water, is most appropriately called an acid.

Acid is a substance that gives protons in its aqueous solution, and that the hydrogen ion concentration of that aqueous solution .

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