Amphoteric Compounds

AMPHOTERIC COMPOUNDS

Amphoteric substances are those substances that act as both acids and bases depending upon the nature of other substances.

For example:

In the above example, water acts as a base and HCl acts as an acid.

In the above example, water acts as an acid, and ammonia acts as a base.

In one example water acts as an acid and in another example water acts as a base. Therefore, water is an amphoteric substance.