An Introduction to Chemistry

The name is of Scandinavian origin, e.g. lit (color) + mosi (moss) in Icelandic. 2 It would clearly have been better if the name hydrogen , which means \water former", had been assigned to O, which describes this element as much as it does hydro gen.

Bases 5.5 pH and Acidic and Basic Solutions 5.6 Arrhenius Acid-Base Reactions 5.7 Brønsted-Lowry Acids and Bases Review Skills The presentation of information in this chapter assumes that you can already perform the tasks listed below. You can test your