An acid (often represented by the generic formula AH) is typically a water-soluble, sour-tasting chemical compound. In common usage an acid is any substance that, when dissolved in water, gives a solution with a pH of less than 7. In general scientific usage an acid is a molecule or ion that is able to give up a proton (H+ ion) to a base, or accept an unshared pair of electrons from a base. An acid reacts with a base in a neutralization reaction to form a salt. \n\nOr an agent able to produce positively charged hydrogen ions (H + ). [Since the hydrogen ion is a bare proton, it usually exists in a solvated form (such as H 3 O + ).]
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