Hydroflouric, hydrochloric, and sulfuric acid all have hydrogen and are pretty strong. Bisulfate is exactly sulfuric acid but with one less hydrogen. So what does the extra one cause it to become a acid?
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Yes, the extra hydrogen does cause it do be an acid. Generally an acid is characterized by having H+ ions (brondstad-lowry acid). There are some acids that do not have this ion and are in a different category. The corrosive ability of acids is due to the chemical reaction caused by the charge.
Acidic means it has extra H+.
H+ is pretty strong, given it’s essentially a free floating proton, so it overpowers existing bonds, eating at things.
The word acid literally refers to any compound capable of forcing a hydrogen ion onto another molecule.
When the receiving substance is being impregnated with those extra hydrogen ions it disrupts them and causes them to break down
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