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Hello, we're looking at the meaning of the word prodic, specifically as it refers to acids.
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Its common usage is saying something like monoproduct, diprodic, some prefix that means a number, or sometimes it's just a generic polyprotic.
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Now, the way that this ties back to acids and bases is because an acid is something that donates a hydrogen, meaning it gives a hydrogen to another species, specifically a species, acting like a base.
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Okay.
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Now, a hydrogen, typical hydrogen, most hydrogen, is of the isotope hydrogen 1, which is possible you haven't gone over in quite some time.
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Usually isotopes are pretty early on in the school year.
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All right.
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Hydrogen 1 is composed of one proton, zero neutrons, and one electron.
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Now, when we talk about it in the acid term, it's actually hydrogen with a plus charge on it, which means it lost its electron.
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So now we're dealing with a species that's literally just a proton.
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So the term prodic literally means proton.
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Okay, that's all its meaning.
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And so something that is, say, monoprotic, that is an acid with one hydrogen.
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Okay.
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Most of the acids you deal with fall into this category.
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All right.
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The vast majority of acids...