Bransted, Johannes

Acids are compounds that ionise to release hydrogen ions, or protons, to their surroundings. Bases are compounds that can accept hydrogen ions. This is called the Bransted-Lowry definition of acids and bases (named after yet another Scandinavian chemist, Johannes Nicolaus Bronsted, and Thomas Martin Lowry, who was British). There are other ways of explaining acidity and basicity, but the Bransted-Lowry theory works most of the time, and will be used throughout this book. 

Arrhenius s definitions of acids and bases are hmited in that they apply only to aqueous solutions. Broader definitions were proposed by the Danish chemist Johannes Bransted in 1932 a Brensted acid is a proton donor, and a Brensted base is a proton acceptor. Note that Bronsted s definitions do not require acids and bases to be in aqueous solution. 

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