Question

Which substance is acting as the Brønsted-Lowry acid in the following chemical reaction?

NH4 + OH--> NH3 + H2O

Answer 1

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Answer 2

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Answer 3

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Answer 4

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Answer 8

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Answer 9

Bronstead Lowry base is anything that accepts a hydrogen

A bronstead Lowry acid is one that produced or loses an H+

Answer 10

NH4+ -----> NH3

We write our what's going on for each ion: we can clearly see that NH4+ is losing a hydrogen.

[NH3][H+]/[NH4+] = Ka

Now whenever an acid loses a proton it becomes its conjugate base. Above was the Ka acid dissociation constant.


OH- -----> HOH

OH- is gaining a proton to become water, Because it's taking a proton from NH4+

[HOH]/[OH-][H+] = Kb this is our Kb.

Whenever a base gains a proton it becomes its conjugate acid.


So based off of this what do you think the bronstead Lowry acid and base are based off of the description?