Brønstedn.
/ˈbrəːnstɛd/, /ˈbrɒnstɛd/, U.S. /ˈbrənˌstɛd/, /ˈbrɑnˌstɛd/ Chemistry.
attributive. = Brønsted–Lowry n.
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1934 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 20 222 The characterization of ‘onium’ salts as acids..is one of the most useful extensions of the modern Brönsted theory of acidity.
1983 McGraw-Hill Encycl. Chem. 6/1 A very strong Brönsted acid implies a very weak conjugate base and vice versa.
1992 J. March Adv. Org. Chem. (ed. 4) viii. 260 In the Brønsted picture, the acid is a proton donor, but in the Lewis picture the proton itself is the acid since it has a vacant orbital.
2003 C. F. Poole Essence Chromatogr. iv. 279 Silica has only weak Bronsted acidity and cation exchange capacity.
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