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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.
`B(OH)_(3)+2HOHrarr[B(OH)_(4)]^(-)+H_(3)O^(+)`
It behaves as an acid by accepting a pair of electrons from –OH ion.
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