Which of the following salts would be acidic Select one: a. KNO3 b. NH4Cl c. NaCH3COO d. NaOH e. NaCl

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Which of the following salts would be acidic
Select one:
a. KNO3
b. NH4Cl
c. NaCH3COO
d. NaOH
e. NaCl
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Step 1 Objective

Given, here some salts as following,a. KNO3  b. NH4Cl c. CH3COONa  d. NaOH e. NaClwe are asked to identify the acidic salt.

Step 2 Concept and Explanation

Acidic salts: Acidic salts are the result of combination of Strong Acidwith weak base.Now, a) KNO3 is a neutral salt fromed from strong base KOH and strong acid HNO3b) NH4Cl is a Acidic salt formed from strong acid and weak base,strong acid is HCl and weak base is NH3 .HCl +NH3NH4Clc) CH3COONa is a basic salt formed from strong base NaOH and weakacid CH3COOH.d) NaOH is a strong base.e) NaCl is neutral salt formed from strong acid NaOH and strong acidHCl.Thus, out of these options only NH4Cl is acidic salt.Hence, option (b) is correct.

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