Bronsted - Lowry acid in the given reaction is NH₄, as it gives H⁺ ion.
<h3>What is Bronsted - Lowry acid?</h3>
According to the theory of Bronsted - Lowry, acids are those substances which gives H⁺ ion or proton in the aqueous medium.
Given chemical reaction is :
NH₄ + HPO₄²⁻ → NH₃ + H₂PO₄⁻
In the above reaction NH₄ is the Bronsted - Lowry acid as it gives H⁺ ion in the reaction and changes to NH₃ which is the conjugate base of NH₄. Whereas HPO₄²⁻ is the Bronsted - Lowry base as it accepts the H⁺ ion to form H₂PO₄⁻ which is the conjugate acid of it.
Hence, option (1) is correct, i.e. NH₄ is the Bronsted - Lowry acid.
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