Hydronium in Non-Aqueous Solution

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Can a non-aqueous solution ever be acidic and if so where would the stray hydrogen go if there is no h2o molecule? I’m asking because I noticed battery acid and intuitively I don’t think of battery acid as being an aqueous solution. Sorry if this is a stupid question, my chemistry background is very weak.

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Battery acid is aqueous. Just very concentrated but the base solvent is still water.

Non aqueous solution has other ways. For example, ammonia has ammonium ions.

For nonpolar solvents or solvents that don’t ionize, you will need to move the electrons around which is categorized as Lewis acids.

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