sumit kumar
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Solvents are classified into two groups depending on the presence or absence of ionizable hydrogen atom in its molecular formula.
Solvent which on self dissociation provides proton or hydrogen ion is known as protic solvent. For example. H2O is a protic solvent as it dissociated into hydroxide ion and hydrogen ion i.e. proton.
H2O ↔ H+ +OH-
NH3 is another example of protic solvents.
Those solvents which do not provide hydrogen ion on dissociation are called aprotic solvents