Your teacher has set up an investigation for class today. The following materials are on the science lab table. Piece of unglazed white porcelain
Iron pyrite
Hematite
Mica
Talc
Halite
Magnetite
Which property of minerals will you be testing for?
Cleavage
density
hardness
streak

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.