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Conjugate acid-base pair

A conjugate acid-base pair is a pair of an acid and a base related through the gain or loss of a proton.

When an acid dissociates as shown below, AH is the conjugate acid, and A- is it's conjugate base.

AH ⇌ A- + H+


Definitions in the literature

  • two species related to each other through the gain or loss of a proton [1].