Comment on Is water an acid or a base?

lugal@sopuli.xyz ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Una@europe.pub ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  No, this is about water being amphoteric compound meaning it behaves like a acid or base in different circumstances.

  en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphoterism

  source

  • barsoap@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    The water molecule is amphoteric in aqueous solution

    A water molecule in aqueous solution. How can you tell it’s being dissolved, or doing the dissolving?

    source

    • prex@aussie.zone ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      In high school I was told that one in avagadros number of water molecules splits into ions.
      Is that right? It seems like a very small amount.

      source

      • phdepressed@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        The dissociation constant of pure water at RT is 1x10^-14. This is many magnitudes more than just one per avogadros number. The “trick” is that any given molecule of water basically has that 1x10^-14 chance of being split or otherwise whole at any given time.

        source
  • I_am_10_squirrels@beehaw.org ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You mean it lives on land and in the pond?

    source