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The Bronsted-Lowry definition of acids and bases is pretty simple. An acid is a proton donor, and a base is a proton acceptor. In the example of ammonia dissolving in water (NH3 + H2O = NH4+ + OH-) the water donates a proton, so it is the acid.he hydroxide ion is accepting the proton and is called a conjugate base. Every Bronsted-Lowry acid has a conjugate base, and every Bronsted-Lowry base has a conjugate acid. 1  Conjugate acid: an acid that forms when a base gains a proton. 2  Conjugate base: a base that forms when an acid loses a proton.
A high proportion of the HCl molecules in an aqueous solution reacts with water to form H3O+ and Cl- ions. The Brnsted theory suggests that every acid-base reaction converts an acid into its conjugate base and a base into its conjugate acid. There are two acids and two bases in this reaction.