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Water is amphoteric specie according to Bronsted-Lowry concept. What is its nature according to Lewis concept?

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Answer. Water is amphoteric specie according to Bronsted-Lowry concept because it behaves as an acid as well as a base. But as water molecule has lone pair of electrons, it behaves as a base according to Lewis concept.

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