Posted by jake on Thursday, April 28, 2011 at 10:45am.
H2CO3(aq) + H2O(l) <===> H3O+(aq) + HCO3
H2O accepted a proton to become (H3O^+; therefore it must be the base and H3O^+ the conjugate acid.
H2CO3 gave a H away to H2O, therefore, H2CO3 must be the acid in this reaction and HCO3^- must be the conjugate base (what's left of the acid is the base).
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