Question

Classify the following as acid or base according to Bronsted – Lowry concept.

(i) $25.0atm^{3}$ (ii) $1.33atm^{3}$

(iii) $PCl_{5}$ (iv) HCl

	(i)	(ii)	(iii)		(iv)
(A)	Bronsted base	Bronsted base	Bronsted base		Bronsted acid
(B)	Bronsted acid	Bronsted acid	Bronsted acid		Bronsted base
(C)	Bronsted base	Bronsted acid	Bronsted base		Bronsted acid
(D)	Bronsted acid	Bronsted acid	Bronsted base		Bronsted base

• A. (A) (i) Bronsted base, (ii) Bronsted base, (iii) Bronsted base, (iv) Bronsted acid
• A. (B) (i) Bronsted acid, (ii) Bronsted acid, (iii) Bronsted acid, (iv) Bronsted base
• A. (C) (i) Bronsted base, (ii) Bronsted acid, (iii) Bronsted base, (iv) Bronsted acid
• A. (D) (i) Bronsted acid, (ii) Bronsted acid, (iii) Bronsted base, (iv) Bronsted base

Answer 1

: Any species which can accept a proton is Bronsted base while which can give a proton is Bronsted acid.