{"id":184299,"date":"2025-01-20T18:24:05","date_gmt":"2025-01-20T18:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=184299"},"modified":"2025-01-20T18:24:08","modified_gmt":"2025-01-20T18:24:08","slug":"is-nabro4-sodium-perbromate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/01\/20\/is-nabro4-sodium-perbromate\/","title":{"rendered":"Is NaBrO4 (Sodium Perbromate)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Is NaBrO4 (Sodium Perbromate): 1. Ionic or Molecular? and 2. Acid, Base, or neither?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-6-color\">The correct answer and explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Is Sodium Perbromate (NaBrO\u2084):<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Ionic or Molecular?<\/strong><br>Sodium perbromate (<strong>NaBrO\u2084<\/strong>) is an <strong>ionic compound<\/strong>. It consists of the sodium cation (<strong>Na\u207a<\/strong>) and the perbromate anion (<strong>BrO\u2084\u207b<\/strong>). The electrostatic attraction between these oppositely charged ions forms the ionic bond. Sodium, a metal, readily loses one electron to form the Na\u207a ion, while the perbromate ion, a polyatomic anion containing bromine in the +7 oxidation state, is formed when bromine bonds with four oxygen atoms, collectively gaining an overall -1 charge.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Acid, Base, or Neither?<\/strong><br>Sodium perbromate is <strong>neither an acid nor a base<\/strong>; it is a <strong>neutral salt<\/strong>. This classification is based on its behavior in aqueous solution:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Acids<\/strong> release hydrogen ions (<strong>H\u207a<\/strong>) in solution, which NaBrO\u2084 does not.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Bases<\/strong> release hydroxide ions (<strong>OH\u207b<\/strong>) in solution, which NaBrO\u2084 also does not.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Instead, NaBrO\u2084 dissociates into Na\u207a and BrO\u2084\u207b ions in water. The Na\u207a cation does not affect the solution&#8217;s pH because it is a spectator ion, and BrO\u2084\u207b is derived from perbromic acid (<strong>HBrO\u2084<\/strong>), which is a strong acid. Consequently, BrO\u2084\u207b is a very weak conjugate base and does not hydrolyze to affect the pH.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Explanation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Sodium perbromate&#8217;s neutrality stems from the nature of its constituent ions. The strong acidity of its parent acid, HBrO\u2084, ensures that BrO\u2084\u207b has negligible basicity, and the solution remains neutral. Ionic compounds like NaBrO\u2084 are salts that result from the neutralization of a strong acid and a strong base, making their aqueous solutions typically neutral. Thus, while it is clearly ionic, it does not fit the criteria for being an acid or a base.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is NaBrO4 (Sodium Perbromate): 1. Ionic or Molecular? and 2. Acid, Base, or neither? The correct answer and explanation is: Is Sodium Perbromate (NaBrO\u2084): Explanation Sodium perbromate&#8217;s neutrality stems from the nature of its constituent ions. The strong acidity of its parent acid, HBrO\u2084, ensures that BrO\u2084\u207b has negligible basicity, and the solution remains neutral. 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