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Basic and Amphoteric Hydroxides

Aluminum hydroxide

Aluminum hydroxide

Aluminum hydroxide can act as either a Bronsted-Lowry base, by accepting protons from an acidic solution, or as a Lewis acid, by accepting an electron pair from hydroxide ions in a basic solution.

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