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Assertion: Boric acid is a weak acid.Reason: It is not able to release H+ on its own. It receives OH- ion from water molecule to complete its octet and in turn releases H- ions(a) Both assertion and reason are true, reason is correct explanation of assertion(b) Both assertion and reason are true, but reason is not a correct explanation of the assertion.(c) Assertion is true, but reason is false.(d) Assertion is false, but reason is true

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(a) Both assertion and reason are true, reason is correct explanation of assertion

Boric acid is a weak acid because it does not completely ionize in water or other aqueous solution. It is not able to release H+ ions on its own because firstly it receives hydroxide ions (OH-) from water molecule in order to complete its octet and then it releases H+ ions.

Therefore, both the assertion and reason are true.



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