A pharmaceutical company hires a chemist to analyze the purity of the water being used in its drug preparations. If the water is pure, the chemist would expect to find

A) only molecules of H2O.
B) only H2O molecules and H+ ions.
C) H2O molecules, H+ ions, and OH- ions.
D) only H+ ions and OH- ions.


Answer: C

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