In 1923, Johannes Brønsted and Thomas Lowry separately proposed a new set of defintions for acids and bases which are known as either Brønsted acids and bases or Brønsted-Lowry acids and bases. Brønsted Acid - Any substance that can donate a proton, H + ion to a base. aka: hydrogen-ion donors or proton donors Brønsted Base - Any substance that can accept a proton, H + ion from an acid. aka: hydrogen-ion acceptor or proton acceptor
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