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A substance is dissolved in water and produces hydronium ions. This occurs when hydrogen ions move from the substance to associate with water molecules. Which term best matches the behavior of this substance?

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This substance is acting as an acid — more precisely a Brønsted–Lowry acid (a proton donor). In water it also fits the Arrhenius definition of an acid because it produces hydronium ions (H3O+) when it donates H+.