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Oxyacids of Phosphorus

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Is boric acid a protic acid? Explain.

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Boric acid is not a protic acid. It is a weak monobasic acid, behaving as a Lewis acid.

It behaves as an acid by accepting a pair of electrons from ^–OH ion.

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