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Which characteristic might identify a substance as an Arrhenius acid?

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It will react with other acids.

It forms halogens.

It contains hydrogen atoms.

It contains an OH group.

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Historically, the first chemical definition of an acid and a base was put forward by Svante Arrhenius, a Swedish chemist, in 1884. An Arrhenius acid is a compound that increases the H+ion concentration in aqueous solution. The H+ ion is just a bare proton, and it is rather clear that bare protons are not floating around in an aqueous solution. Instead, chemistry has defined the hydronium ion(H3O+) as the actual chemical species that represents an H+ion. H+ ions and H3O+ ions are often considered interchangeable when writing chemical equations (although a properly balanced chemical equation should also include the additional H2O). Classic Arrhenius acids can be considered ionic compounds in which H+ is the cation. Table 12.1 "Some Arrhenius Acids"lists some Arrhenius acids and their names.


contains hydrogen atoms. This is answer
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