ammonia, NH3, can be classified as a base because in a chemical reaction with acid, ammonia will?
accept a proton and become NH+4
please explain this.

Question

ammonia, NH3, can be classified as a base because in a chemical reaction with acid, ammonia will?
accept a proton and become NH+4
please explain this.

photon336 · Answer

there are a few definitions of a base. one of them is that bases like to accept a proton, while acids like give up their protons. 

take a look at this  

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can you please tell me what's happening here and what is the base and what is the acid and how you would know?