“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.” GivingWould BeUsedGiving UpUniversalDefinitionsSubstanceAcidConstituentsHydrogenIons Author:Gilbert N. Lewis
“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.” MayUsedGroupsSubstancePairsAtomsStableAcidMoleculesLoneElectronsCompleting Author:Gilbert N. Lewis
“There is always the danger in scientific work that some word or phrase will be used by different authors to express so many ideas and surmises that, unless redefined, it loses all real significance.” IdeasDifferentRealScienceUsedLosesDangerPhrasesSignificanceNomenclature Author:Gilbert N. Lewis
