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Oxyacids of Phosphorus

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All bronsted bases are also lewis bases but all the bronsted acids are not lawis acids

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All Bronsted bases are Lewis bases because a substance capable of donating an electron pair can also accept a proton. But Lewis acids are not Bronsted acids because Lewis acids cannot donate protons.

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