Q. Metal ions like $Ag^{+},\ Cu^{2 +}$ etc. act as
A) Bronsted acids
B) Bronsted bases
C) Lewis acids
D) Lewis bases
Explanation
(c)
Simple cations such as $Ag^{+},\ Cu^{2 +},{Fe}^{3 +}$ etc. can accept pairs of electrons and hence are Lewis acids.
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