Chemistry / Unit 10 Chem 1815 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Nested Domains of Generality Among the Three Theories
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The idea
The three theories nest by generality: every Arrhenius pair is Brønsted-Lowry, every Brønsted-Lowry pair is Lewis, but broader theories classify reactions the narrower ones cannot.
In practice
BF3 accepting ammonia's electron pair is Lewis chemistry with no Brønsted-Lowry or Arrhenius description available.
Where people slip
No theory here is "the correct" one; each fits the scope of reaction it was built to describe.
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