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Could a reason that arrenhius can't account for nh3 being basic, be that he doesnt account for the role of the solvent as h20 donates a proton to water?

 

[carrotsss]

I mean it’s also just the fact that Arrhenius defines a base as something which dissociates into OH-, and NH3 doesn’t do that

 

[wizzkids]

Could a reason that arrenhius can't account for nh3 being basic, be that he doesnt account for the role of the solvent as h20 donates a proton to water?

H₂O donates a proton to NH₃. The Bronsted-Lowry model of a base is any substance that is a proton acceptor.