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Can a substance be a Lewis acid without being a Bronsted-Lowry acid?
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Yes. Since for a substance to be a Bronsted-Lowry acid they have to be able to donate protons, and to be a Lewis acid a substance would have to accept electrons, there are substances which cannot donate protons but can accept electrons.

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