Which pair is a Brønsted–Lowry conjugate acid–base pair? NH3;NH+4 or H3O+;OH− or HCl;HBr or ClO−4;ClO−3
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Apr 17, 2015
The Brønsted–Lowry theory is an acid–base reaction theory. The fundamental concept of this theory is that when an acid and a base react with each other, the acid forms its conjugate base, and the base forms its conjugate acid by exchange of a proton.
So the anwer could only be the first pair: