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What are the conjugate acid and base of water?

Answer 1

Hydroxide and so-called hydronium ion.

To formulate the conjugate acid/conjugate base, we simply add or subtract a proton, #H^+#, and conserve charge. The conjugate acid of water is represented as #H_3O^+#. And the conjugate base of water is #""^(-)OH#.

Can you tell the conjugate acid, and the conjugate base of #H_2SO_4#, sulfuric acid?

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Answer 2

Jose Ayala

The conjugate acid of water is the hydronium ion (H3O+), and the conjugate base of water is the hydroxide ion (OH-).

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