We may say that a basic substance is one which has a lone pair of electrons which may be used to complete the stable group of another atom, and that an acid is one which can employ a lone pair from another molecule in completing the stable group of one of its own atoms.
Gilbert Newton LewisAbout author
- Author's profession: Scientist
- Nationality: american
- Born: October 23, 1875
- Died: March 23, 1946