salts

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What's the best way to tell if salt is acidic, basic, or neutral?

[Kavya_Pandrangi_3K]

Hey!

I think what worked best for me was the method I learned in 14A seen below.

For cations:
* group 1/ group 2 —> neutral
* metal cation with charge >1 (and not in group 1/group 2) —> acidic
* conjugate acid of a weak base —> acidic

For anions:
* conjugate base of a strong acid —> neutral
* conjugate base of a weak acid —> basic

Hope this method helps!