Two students carry out a vitamin c analysis on raw and boiled cabbage (part d). one follows the directions carefully, but the other fails to wash the boiled cabbage with water as directed in step 3. how will the determined amounts of vitamin c per gram of boiled cabbage compare? a. the results will be the same. b. the washed sample will have a higher value. c. the washed sample will have a lower value.

the correct answer is b. a strong acid completely dissociates to its ions when dissolved in water. completely dissociates to and ions. a is incorrect because does not fully ionize to and ions and some remain as the compound . c and d are incorrect because, and do not fall into the category of bronsted lowry acids. a bronsted lowry acid is a proton donor and since both molecules do not have a proton to donate they are not bronsted lowry acids. likewise,   if we use the lewis acid definition, they cannot be acids. a lewis acid is an electron pair acceptor. both and have a complete octet so can not accept any electrons which disqualifies them as acids.