Gilbert Newton Lewis Quotes, Sayings, Remarks, Thoughts and Speeches



Gilbert Newton Lewis Quotes and Sayings


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    Since hydrogen is a constituent of most of our electrolytic solvents, the definition of an acid or base as a substance which gives up or takes up hydrogen ion would be more general than the one we used before, but it would not be universal. Gilbert Newton Lewis | Refcard PDF
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    We frequently define an acid or a base as a substance whose aqueous solution gives, respectively, a higher concentration of hydrogen ion or of hydroxide ion than that furnished by pure water. This is a very one sided definition. Gilbert Newton Lewis | Refcard PDF
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    We may say that a basic substance is one which has a lone pair of electrons which may be used to complete the stable group of another atom, and that an acid is one which can employ a lone pair from another molecule in completing the stable group of one of its own atoms. Gilbert Newton Lewis | Refcard PDF

 

  

  

 

  

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