Weak acid to weak base (salt)
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Weak acid to weak base (salt)
OK so one of the questions for the HW says that "HClO is a weak acid and so the salt NaClO acts as a weak base." Can someone explain why this is true?
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Brian Phung 2B
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Re: Weak acid to weak base (salt)
This is true because the basic ion in NaClO is ClO-. ClO- is the conjugate base of HCLO, sso the salt has to be basic because Na+ is neutral in solution.
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