Go back and examine Equation 15.4, where a hydroxide ion reacts with a hydronium ion, and then

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Go back and examine Equation 15.4, where a hydroxide ion reacts with a hydronium ion, and then answer these questions:

(a) Use the Brønsted–Lowry definition of a base to explain why it is proper to call a hydroxide ion a base.

(b) Why is the hydroxide ion able to do what Brønsted and Lowry say a base should do?


Equation 15.4

| Ai  H+ H + ]:OH  H HI  (15.4)

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Introductory Chemistry Atoms First

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