pedant rant:
Dihydrogen monoxide is not a proper chemical name. Since oxide specifically refers to an oxygen atom with a 2- charge, the correct IUPAC term would be hydrogen oxide.
Water could never be considered an acid as it generates -OH and H+ ions in equal proportion upon dissociation, it is therefore an amphoteric.
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willenium Fist bump for verification, Mon 26 Nov 2007, 23:08,
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