Explain how to label a compound as a Bronstead-Lowry acid or base .

Explanation:

According to the Bronsted-Lowry conjugate acid-base theory:

1. An acid is a substance which looses donates protons and thus forming conjugate base.

2. A base is a substance which accepts protons and thus forming conjugate acid.

For example:

Here, is loosing a proton, thus it is considered as an acid and after losing a proton, it forms which is a conjugate base.

And, is gaining a proton, thus it is considered as a base and after gaining a proton, it forms which is a conjugate acid.

- calcium has greater affinity to bond with electron receptors than hydrogen does and hence, it has the ability to replace hydrogen in most of its compounds.

- lithium has 2 valence electrons in the product because it can make only 1 bond with hydrogen. beryllium has 4 valence electrons in the product because it can only make 2 bonds. it has fewer electrons than neon and can react with electron donors. each hydrogen has 2 valence electrons, the same as helium.

- the covalent bond formed between carbon and hydrogen is polar because carbon is more electronegative than hydrogen and it attracts the bonded electron pair closer to itself, thus giving hydrogen a partial positive charge.

- a hydrogen bond is a relatively weak bond that hydrogen atoms make with the electronegative atoms nitrogen, oxygen or fluorine.

so the best choice is a.) 2 calcium (ca) atoms

the answer is c. nacl