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It is rated as amphoteric<\/strong> to the element that can develop a reaction like base<\/strong> or as acid<\/strong>. The term comes from the Greek word amphoteric<\/em>, which translates as \"The one and the other\"<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"Amphoteric\"An amphoteric, therefore, can act as a base or as an acid depending on the substance with which it reacts. The lead<\/strong>, the tin<\/strong>, the aluminum<\/strong> and the zinc<\/strong>For example, they have amphoteric hydroxides or oxides.<\/p>\n

It should be noted that, according to the so-called Br\u00f8nsted-Lowry theory<\/strong> (named for its independent proponents, the Danish Johannes Nicolaus Br\u00f8nsted<\/strong> and English Thomas Martin Lowry<\/strong>), the reaction between an acid and a base leads to the fact that, from the exchange of a proton<\/strong>, the acid forms its conjugate base and the base forms its conjugate acid. In this way, acids give up protons and bases accept them.<\/p>\n

In this framework, among the amphoteric elements we can find the amphiprotic molecules<\/strong>, capable of donating or receiving a proton. The protein<\/strong> and the amino acids<\/strong> they are amphoteric of this class.<\/p>\n

These amphiprotic molecules have an acid radical and a base. That is why they act in one way or another according to the environment. Amphoteric substances modify the electric charge of their hydrophilic sector taking into account the pH<\/strong> middle: to counteract said pH<\/strong>, are positioned as acids if they are in a basic medium, while if they are in an acid medium they stand as bases<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The Water<\/strong> it is an amphiprotic substance (an amphoteric). It can act as a base by causing the acid to lose a proton or act as an acid by giving the base a proton.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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