Carbonic Acid, H₂CO₃, Is a Weak Acid That Contributes to the Taste

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Essay

Carbonic acid, H₂CO₃, is a weak acid that contributes to the taste and produces the carbon dioxide bubbles in all carbonated beverages.Write a Lewis structure for H₂CO₃,

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