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What is an acid?

Author: Nathan Lampson

 

A substance that increases the H+ ion concentration in a solution.  On the pH scale, an acid is a solution with a pH of less than 7.

 

Properties of acids:

pH < 7

Sour taste

Neutralized by bases

Raise the concentration of hydrogen (H+) ions in a solution

What is an acid?