Define an arrhenius acid and describe properties of acids. use an example to explain how an arrhenius acid will behave when dissolved in water.

An Arrhenius acid is an acid that dissociates in water to release hydrogen ions.

for example,

HCl is an Arrhenius acid.

HCl +aq⇒ H⁺₍aq₎ +Cl⁻₍aq₎

in 1783 cavendish was working with his hydrogen gas and found that when he burned it and condensed the vapor it was water. this was very significant since it disproved the greek theory of elements completely since water was not a simple substance but the product of two gases. it was lavoisier who hearing of the experiment gave cavendish's gas the name hydrogen ("water-producer") and added that hydrogen burned by combining with oxygen and that water was a hydrogen-oxygen combination.

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