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Single Idea 14098
[filed under theme 27. Natural Reality / F. Chemistry / 1. Chemistry
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Full Idea
To be an acid just is to be a proton donor.
Gist of Idea
An acid is just a proton donor
Source
Gideon Rosen (Metaphysical Dependence [2010], 10)
Book Ref
'Modality', ed/tr. Hale,B/Hoffman,A [OUP 2010], p.124
A Reaction
My interest here is in whether we can say that we have found the 'essence' of an acid - so we want to know whether something 'deeper' explains the proton-donation. I suspect not. Being a proton donor happens to have a group of related consequences.
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15259
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Chemical atoms have two powers: to enter certain combinations, and to emit a particular spectrum
[Harré/Madden]
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15263
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[Harré/Madden]
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14098
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An acid is just a proton donor
[Rosen]
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20651
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The shape of molecules is important, as well as the atoms and their bonds
[Watson]
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17482
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[Hendry]
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17483
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Water continuously changes, with new groupings of molecules
[Hendry]
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17392
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How can poisonous elements survive in the nutritious compound they compose?
[Scerri]
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17391
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Periodicity and bonding are the two big ideas in chemistry
[Scerri]
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17404
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Chemistry does not work from general principles, but by careful induction from large amounts of data
[Scerri]
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17407
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The electron is the main source of chemical properties
[Scerri]
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17409
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Does radioactivity show that only physics can explain chemistry?
[Scerri]
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17415
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A big chemistry idea is that covalent bonds are shared electrons, not transfer of electrons
[Scerri]
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17468
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[Weisberg/Needham/Hendry]
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17469
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'H2O' just gives the element proportions, not the microstructure
[Weisberg/Needham/Hendry]
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17470
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Water molecules dissociate, and form large polymers, explaining its properties
[Weisberg/Needham/Hendry]
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17473
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It is unlikely that chemistry will ever be reduced to physics
[Weisberg/Needham/Hendry]
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17474
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Quantum theory won't tell us which structure a set of atoms will form
[Weisberg/Needham/Hendry]
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17475
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For temperature to be mean kinetic energy, a state of equilibrium is also required
[Weisberg/Needham/Hendry]
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17604
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We are halfway to synthesising any molecule we want
[New Sci.]
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