(aq) The alkali breaks apart in water, yielding dissolved hydroxide ions: → (aq) + (aq) See also Acid–base titration Deprotonation Donor number Electron configuration Gutmann–Beckett method Lewis structure Nucleophilic substitution Neutralization (chemistry) Protonation Redox reactions Resonance (chemistry) Notes References Sources External links Acid-base Physiology: an on-line text John W. Kimball's online Biology book section of acid and bases. Acids Bases (chemistry) Acid-base chemistry Equilibrium chemistry