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by Anonymous on November 9th, 2009

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Explain this statement, ''All acids contain hydrogen, but not all compounds containing hydrogen are acids.''

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  • by anshuman on November 9th, 2009

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    all acids must have an hydrogen to librate H+ but there are compounds having H in which it is not feasible to librate H+....those compounds are not acid...like KOH is having H group but it is a base.

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