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An acid is a type of chemical substance that can react with metals and other materials, like hydrochloric acid does with zinc. Acids matter because they're involved in many important chemical reactions and are commonly used in industrial processes and everyday products.
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- Definitions and concepts
- Arrhenius acids
- Brønsted–Lowry acids{{anchor|Brønsted acids}}
- Lewis acids
- Dissociation and equilibrium
- Nomenclature
- Acid strength
- Lewis acid strength in non-aqueous solutions
- Chemical characteristics
- Monoprotic acids
- Polyprotic acids
- Neutralization
- Weak acid–weak base equilibrium
- Titration
- Example: Diprotic acid
- Equivalence points
- Buffer regions and midpoints
- Applications of acids
- In industry
- In food
- In human bodies
- Acid catalysis
- Biological occurrence
- Common acids
- Mineral acids (inorganic acids)
- Sulfonic acids
- Carboxylic acids
- Halogenated carboxylic acids
- Vinylogous carboxylic acids
- Nucleic acids
- References
- External links
thumb|Zinc, a typical metal, reacting with [[hydrochloric acid, a typical acid]]
An acid is a molecule or ion capable of either donating a proton (i.e. hydrogen cation, H+), known as a Brønsted–Lowry acid, or forming a covalent bond with an electron pair, known as a Lewis acid.