{"id":196050,"date":"2025-03-02T08:31:36","date_gmt":"2025-03-02T08:31:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/?p=196050"},"modified":"2025-03-02T08:31:39","modified_gmt":"2025-03-02T08:31:39","slug":"identify-the-following-aqueous-salt-solutions-as-acidic-neutral-or-basic-solution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/2025\/03\/02\/identify-the-following-aqueous-salt-solutions-as-acidic-neutral-or-basic-solution\/","title":{"rendered":"Identify the following aqueous salt solutions as acidic, neutral or basic solution"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Identify the following aqueous salt solutions as acidic, neutral or basic solution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NH4ClO4<br>LiNO3 <br>LiF<br>KCN<br>SrBr2 <br>NH4Br<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-ast-global-color-6-color\"><strong>The Correct Answer and Explanation is :<\/strong><\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are the aqueous salt solutions and their corresponding pH classifications (acidic, neutral, or basic) with explanations:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>NH4ClO4 (Ammonium perchlorate)<\/strong>: <strong>Acidic<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>NH4ClO4 dissociates into NH4\u207a and ClO4\u207b ions in water. Ammonium (NH4\u207a) is the conjugate acid of ammonia (NH3), and when it dissociates, it releases H\u207a ions, making the solution acidic. Perchlorate (ClO4\u207b) is a very weak base, so it does not significantly affect the pH. Hence, the solution is acidic due to the presence of NH4\u207a.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>LiNO3 (Lithium nitrate)<\/strong>: <strong>Neutral<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>LiNO3 dissociates into Li\u207a and NO3\u207b ions in water. Li\u207a is a cation of a strong base (LiOH), and NO3\u207b is an anion of a strong acid (HNO3). Neither ion undergoes significant hydrolysis in water, so the solution remains neutral.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>LiF (Lithium fluoride)<\/strong>: <strong>Basic<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>LiF dissociates into Li\u207a and F\u207b ions. Li\u207a is from a strong base (LiOH), so it does not affect the pH. F\u207b, however, is the conjugate base of HF (hydrofluoric acid), which is a weak acid. Therefore, F\u207b reacts with water to produce OH\u207b ions, making the solution basic.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>KCN (Potassium cyanide)<\/strong>: <strong>Basic<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>KCN dissociates into K\u207a and CN\u207b ions. K\u207a is a cation from a strong base (KOH), so it does not affect the pH. CN\u207b is the conjugate base of HCN (hydrocyanic acid), which is a weak acid. CN\u207b hydrolyzes in water to produce OH\u207b ions, making the solution basic.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>SrBr2 (Strontium bromide)<\/strong>: <strong>Neutral<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>SrBr2 dissociates into Sr\u00b2\u207a and Br\u207b ions. Both Sr\u00b2\u207a and Br\u207b come from a strong base (Sr(OH)2) and a strong acid (HBr), respectively. Neither ion significantly affects the pH, so the solution is neutral.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>NH4Br (Ammonium bromide)<\/strong>: <strong>Acidic<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>NH4Br dissociates into NH4\u207a and Br\u207b ions. NH4\u207a is the conjugate acid of ammonia (NH3), and when it dissociates, it releases H\u207a ions, making the solution acidic. Bromide (Br\u207b) is the conjugate base of a strong acid (HBr) and does not significantly affect the pH. Hence, the solution is acidic.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>In summary:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Acidic solutions<\/strong>: NH4ClO4, NH4Br<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Neutral solution<\/strong>: LiNO3, SrBr2<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Basic solutions<\/strong>: LiF, KCN<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>I will now generate an image summarizing the information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/image-76.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-196051\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is a chart summarizing the aqueous salt solutions and their pH classifications as acidic, neutral, or basic. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Identify the following aqueous salt solutions as acidic, neutral or basic solution. NH4ClO4LiNO3 LiFKCNSrBr2 NH4Br The Correct Answer and Explanation is : Here are the aqueous salt solutions and their corresponding pH classifications (acidic, neutral, or basic) with explanations: In summary: I will now generate an image summarizing the information. Here is a chart summarizing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-196050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exams-certification"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196050"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196050\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.learnexams.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}