Salts with Cl

[Ashley Hiti 1K]

Is it safe to assume that salts containing Cl will form HCl as the parent acid?

[Alex Yeghikian 1C]

Cl^- is the conjugate base of HCl. Therefore, when HCl is involved in an acid-base reaction, the salt will contain Cl^-. However, because it is a strong acid, Cl^- will not affect the pH of the solution and won't revert back to HCl.

[Nataly Antonova 1B]

If we consider a reaction in an aqueous solution (one containing water) this is true. For example, if Cl- (the base) is put in water, this is the reaction that we would expect:

[Joshua Lee 3C]

Yes, the Cl- ion is the conjugate base of the HCl acid. Since HCl is a strong acid, the acidity of the salt will be based on the cation. If the cation is the conjugate acid of a strong base, then the salt is neutral. But if the cation is derived from a weak base, then the salt, when dissolved, would make the solution more acidic.

[605721741]

Salts with Cl- will disassociate into their respective cation and Cl- in solution.

[905767718]

If a salt has Cl, then since it is a strong acid it won't affect the pH and you'll have to write out the equation based on the weak base and its conjugate acid.