{"id":17740,"date":"2025-06-12T15:34:33","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T15:34:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/?p=17740"},"modified":"2025-06-12T15:34:35","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T15:34:35","slug":"which-of-the-following-can-behave-as-bronsted-lowry-bases-in-aqueous-solution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/which-of-the-following-can-behave-as-bronsted-lowry-bases-in-aqueous-solution\/","title":{"rendered":"Which of the following can behave as Bronsted-Lowry bases in aqueous solution"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Which of the following can behave as Bronsted-Lowry bases in aqueous solution? H2PO4- NaOH I- HF None of the Above<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\"><strong>The correct answer and explanation is:<\/strong><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The correct answer is: <strong>H\u2082PO\u2084\u207b, NaOH, and I\u207b<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Explanation:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>Br\u00f8nsted-Lowry definition<\/strong> of acids and bases focuses on <strong>proton (H\u207a) transfer<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A <strong>Br\u00f8nsted-Lowry acid<\/strong> is a proton <strong>donor<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A <strong>Br\u00f8nsted-Lowry base<\/strong> is a proton <strong>acceptor<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In <strong>aqueous solution<\/strong>, a substance behaves as a Br\u00f8nsted-Lowry base if it can <strong>accept a proton (H\u207a)<\/strong> from water or other proton donors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s analyze each compound:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>1. H\u2082PO\u2084\u207b (Dihydrogen phosphate ion):<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the <strong>conjugate base<\/strong> of <strong>H\u2083PO\u2084 (phosphoric acid)<\/strong> and can act as both an acid and a base (amphiprotic).<br>It can accept a proton to form <strong>H\u2083PO\u2084<\/strong>, making it a <strong>Br\u00f8nsted-Lowry base<\/strong> in the presence of a stronger acid.<br>\u2705 <strong>Can behave as a Br\u00f8nsted-Lowry base<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>2. NaOH (Sodium hydroxide):<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>NaOH dissociates in water to form <strong>Na\u207a and OH\u207b<\/strong>.<br>The hydroxide ion (<strong>OH\u207b<\/strong>) is a strong Br\u00f8nsted-Lowry base because it readily accepts H\u207a to form water (H\u2082O).<br>\u2705 <strong>Can behave as a Br\u00f8nsted-Lowry base<\/strong> (via OH\u207b)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>3. I\u207b (Iodide ion):<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>I\u207b is the conjugate base of <strong>HI (hydroiodic acid)<\/strong>, a strong acid.<br>Though it is a <strong>very weak base<\/strong>, it still can <strong>accept a proton<\/strong>, so it qualifies under the Br\u00f8nsted-Lowry definition.<br>\u2705 <strong>Can behave as a Br\u00f8nsted-Lowry base<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>4. HF (Hydrofluoric acid):<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>HF is a <strong>weak acid<\/strong>; it tends to <strong>donate<\/strong> protons rather than accept them.<br>Therefore, HF acts as a <strong>Br\u00f8nsted-Lowry acid<\/strong>, not a base.<br>\u274c <strong>Cannot behave as a Br\u00f8nsted-Lowry base<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Conclusion:<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The species that can act as Br\u00f8nsted-Lowry bases in aqueous solution are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>H\u2082PO\u2084\u207b<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>NaOH (via OH\u207b)<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>I\u207b<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>So the correct answer is:<br>\ud83d\udc49 <strong>H\u2082PO\u2084\u207b, NaOH, and I\u207b<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Which of the following can behave as Bronsted-Lowry bases in aqueous solution? H2PO4- NaOH I- HF None of the Above The correct answer and explanation is: The correct answer is: H\u2082PO\u2084\u207b, NaOH, and I\u207b Explanation: The Br\u00f8nsted-Lowry definition of acids and bases focuses on proton (H\u207a) transfer: In aqueous solution, a substance behaves as a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-quiz-questions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17740"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17740\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17742,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17740\/revisions\/17742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}