Select the correct answer from each drop-down menu. Complete the sentences to explain what’s happening at different portions of the heating curve. Particles of the substance have the most kinetic energy when the substance is . The part of the graph that represents where the substance has the least amount of potential energy is labeled .

the correct answer is b. a strong acid completely dissociates to its ions when dissolved in water. completely dissociates to and ions. a is incorrect because does not fully ionize to and ions and some remain as the compound . c and d are incorrect because, and do not fall into the category of bronsted lowry acids. a bronsted lowry acid is a proton donor and since both molecules do not have a proton to donate they are not bronsted lowry acids. likewise,   if we use the lewis acid definition, they cannot be acids. a lewis acid is an electron pair acceptor. both and have a complete octet so can not accept any electrons which disqualifies them as acids.