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 What is Acid made up of?

 

Acids are the Hydrogen ion containing species, all the acids have a common cation i.e. H+, while the anions keeps on varying. For example- HCl contains Cl- , H2SO4 contains SO42- etc.

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Acid are chemicals that, when mixed with water, create hydrogen ions. The one constant element in all acids is hydrogen. The other components vary. For example, acetic acid is CH3COOH and hydrochloric acid is HCl.

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Acid are chemicals that, when mixed with water, create hydrogen ions. The one constant element in all acids is hydrogen. The other components vary. For example, acetic acid is CH3COOH and hydrochloric acid is HCl.

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