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Gilbert Newton Lewis Quotes

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 Lewis

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Scientist Quotes
Category:
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Date of Birth:
October 23, 1875
Date of Death:
March 23, 1946
Nationality:
American
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