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Stedman's > conjugate acid-base pair

conjugate acid-base pair

in prototonic solvents (H2O, NH3, acetic acid), two molecular species differing only in the presence or absence of a hydrogen ion (carbonic acid/bicarbonate ion or ammonium ion/ammonia); the basis of buffer action.