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Define acids and base???​

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An acid is a substance that donates protons or accepts a pair of valence electrons to form a bond A base is a substance that can accept protons or donate a pair of valence electrons to form a bond.

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An acid is a substance that donates protons (in the Brønsted-Lowry definition) or accepts a pair of valence electrons to form a bond (in the Lewis definition). A base is a substance that can accept protons or donate a pair of valence electrons to form a bond...........

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