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Title: chemistry unit 3/4 question
Post by: ns8599 on January 15, 2016, 10:43:56 pm

my first question is when acids dissolve in water, do they lose their hydroges, or just the protons and keep the electrons and why?
my second question is why do acids such as HNO3 act like the NO3 is a single atom when bonded to the hydrogen? and why dont they also sperate to form sperate N and O ions ?

Title: Re: chemistry unit 3/4 question
Post by: Biology24123 on January 16, 2016, 12:21:17 am

Quote from: ns8599 on January 15, 2016, 10:43:56 pm

my first question is when acids dissolve in water, do they lose their hydroges, or just the protons and keep the electrons and why?
my second question is why do acids such as HNO3 act like the NO3 is a single atom when bonded to the hydrogen? and why dont they also sperate to form sperate N and O ions ?

Hydrogen ions are protons

Title: Re: chemistry unit 3/4 question
Post by: ns8599 on January 16, 2016, 01:59:05 am

But doesn't it have 1 electron as well as a proton

Title: Re: chemistry unit 3/4 question
Post by: Biology24123 on January 16, 2016, 02:32:56 am

Quote from: ns8599 on January 16, 2016, 01:59:05 am

But doesn't it have 1 electron as well as a proton

When hydrogen forms an ion, it loses an electron