Take two beakers and fill three-fourth of them with water. Drop a small piece of sodium in one beaker. Notice the formation of a gas by the vigorous reaction between sodium and water. After the reaction, add two drops of phenolphthalein in both the beakers. What do you observe?

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.