Question

Questions: What is required for a compound to be an acid? What's the difference between a strong

acid and a weak acid? What does a compound need to have to be a base? What's the difference
between a strong and a weak base? What does neutralization mean? What's the difference between
pH and pOH? Explain why water can behave like an acid or a base. What will be produced when you
combine an acid with a base? What's the difference between a pH and a pOH scale?

Answer 1

The most straightforward definition is that an acid is a molecular compound that contains one or more hydrogen atoms and produces hydrogen ions (H+) when dissolved in water.