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brønsted acid

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.20 in modern English

Syllables
brøn-st-ed acid
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any molecular entity capable of donating a proton to a base.

Etymology

From Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted, Danish physical chemist.

Inflected Forms

Brønsted acids (plural) Bronsted acid (alternative)

Phrases

Brønsted base Brønsted-Lowry acid conjugate acid-base pair

Frequently Paired Words

Brønsted base Brønsted-Lowry acid conjugate acid-base pair

Questions

What does brønsted acid mean?
Any molecular entity capable of donating a proton to a base.
Where does brønsted acid come from?
From Johannes Nicolaus Brønsted, Danish physical chemist.

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