Which of the following characteristics is not a property of a base? has a bitter taste feels slippery to the touch reacts with active metals to produce hydrogen gas increases the concentration of hydroxide ions in an aqueous solution

in 1783 cavendish was working with his hydrogen gas and found that when he burned it and condensed the vapor it was water. this was very significant since it disproved the greek theory of elements completely since water was not a simple substance but the product of two gases. it was lavoisier who hearing of the experiment gave cavendish's gas the name hydrogen ("water-producer") and added that hydrogen burned by combining with oxygen and that water was a hydrogen-oxygen combination.

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