Aclarifier is holding 50m^3 of turbid water with a tss of 1000 mg/l. you add 1l of flocculent to the clarifier and that causes 47kg of agglomerated flocs (weight after drying) to form in the clarifier’s basin. a. what was the yield of your process? b. what percentage of the suspended solids were removed by the coagulant?

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.