Chemistry
(a) What to you understand by the term acid?
(b) Name the positive ion formed when an acid is dissolved in water.
(c) Draw the structure of this ion.
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(a) Acids are defined as compounds which contain one or more hydrogen atoms, and when dissolved in water, they produce hydronium ions (H3O+) as the only positively charged ions.
(b) Hydronium ion (H3O+)
(c) The structure of hydronium ion is shown below:
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