I watched a youtube video to clarify my understanding on identifying acidic/basic/neutral salts.
It seems like there are a few ways to approach this kind of question.
Generally:
Strong Acid + Strong Base -> neutral salt
Strong Acid + Weak Base -> acidic salt
Strong Base + Weak Acid -> basic salt
I know we've discussed the cations and anions and formation with H2O, etc, in relation to this, but is it not as simple as following the above when determining the answer to these questions?
Identifying Salt pH
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Re: Identifying Salt pH
I may be wrong, but I'm pretty sure it's this simple, unless there are cases like weak base + weak acid that may arise?
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Re: Identifying Salt pH
I thought I remembered seeing somewhere that contradicted it but maybe not.
Good to know thank you!
Good to know thank you!
Re: Identifying Salt pH
What matters in the end, my friend, is the relative concentrations of H+ and OH-, so if you get molecules that are slightly stronger at providing H+ molecules over OH- molecules, then the solution should overall be acidic.
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