Will these salts produce acidic, basic, or neutral solutions in water?

How can you predict whether a salt will produce an acidic, basic, or neutral solution when you dissolve it in water?
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[@chemistNATE]

No no no. Just memorize the small list of strong acids. Everything else is weak.
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Anyone wondering why the conjugate acid SO4^-2 is H2SO4, remember that it is reacting with two NH4+ which both give it 1 H+. Consequently it's conjugate acid is H2SO4, which is one of the 6 simple, strong acids. You can find a chart of all six of these thru google (there a good thing to memorize).

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[@benjaminshepler9616]

The first example is incorrect. The conjugate acid of sulfate is HSO4-. While H2SO4 is a strong acid, HSO4- is not. The second proton in sulfuric acid only partially dissociates. For this problem you need to consider the Ka of NH4+ and the Kb of sulfate. You would have to solve this problem like his part c).

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Hi! uhhh I would like to know the reactions happen when salts dissolve in acids such as calcium oxalate dissolve in certain acids? Could you explain please? I was searching for it ages online

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So..... was B a basic solution???

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[@NickVetter]

I like how you explained it more instead of just saying well this is acidic because that is blah blah blah

[@DC-zi6se]

How do we know an acid is weak or strong??

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[@emilekight5836]

For the second example, is the solution basic because its salt of a weak acid and a strong base (spectator ion only)? A lot of other people seem to get fuzzy on that part...

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Nice explanation

[@ruthrodarte4552]

what was first one ? neutral?

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I wonder how CN- can have its own Kb since it has no OH- to dissociate into.

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so i have to memorize weak bases/acids tooo?

[@579093]

So what did b. make?

[@nabarajbaral2063]

Why NaHSO 4 is a salt however it is slightly acidic?

[@anupanadarajan4175]

Doesn't a strong acid/base have a conjugate base/acid that is neutral?

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Are you Canadian? And was the second one basic or acidic?

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[@trippypixie1]

So was the solution for B) basic or neutral?

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[@templar19]

For example a:
Couldn't you just take the Ka of NH4+ (which is in the order of 2*10^-5), compute the Kb of the sulphate ion (which, given the Ka of HSO4, puts the Kb in the order of 10^-12), and argue that, given the relative magnitudes, such a solution would be acidic?

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[@deathscape10]

Sulfuric acid is a strong acid; HSO3 is the weak conjugate acid for the base SO3.

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[@germanwizard]

@ 3:28 you said H2SO4 is a weak acid, the example you did right before it had H2SO4 as a STRONG acid with SO4 as a weak base... Im confused.

[@TwistedPencils]

H2SO3 was the second example :)) not H2SO4

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[@tb2748]

dumb questions incoming.
we saw in the first example that clearly NH4+ could donate a proton, allowing for the salt (NH4)2SO4 to be acidic. and given that the SO4^2- ion will not accept protons because it is the conjugate base of a strong acid.
but how can a salt like CuSO4 be acidic if it has no protons to donate? and if you want to be technical, only the first proton in H2SO4 is strong. the second proton dissociates less easily, making the second one weak. wouldn't that allow SO4^2- to accept at least one proton (making it slightly basic)?

[@chemistNATE]

The Cu+2 ion of CuSO4 is acidic for a special reason. In water in becomes Cu(H2O)6(2+) which is a “complex” (H2O are ligands) and so it does actually have an H to donate

[@chemistNATE]

HSO4- donates more H than it accepts (you are correct that it can accept). Overall it will be acidic because a higher % of the H’s are donated vs accepted back

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Welp. Further confused me.

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[@Wosjb78]

lol unfortunately in the IB Chemistry higher level exams they don't give you the Ka/Kb values so if you get a nasty one like the last one you did in the video we can't really tell which dissociate more and thus whether the solution would be basic or acidic. Oh well... Good concept though. It works

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Let’s figure out where you’re lost.
* do you know what HF does in water ?

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[@delsol7878]

Ka for HSO4- is 1.2 x 10^-2. It does not dissociate completely.

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Not helpful. I got even more confused after watching this.

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terrible video, doesn't even answer the questions

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It explained the concepts very well and walked us through several typical questions relating to the topic and provided the answer. What is wrong with it?

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[@benjaminthomas8988]

How can H2SO4^-2 be a strong acid in the first formula and then be a weak acid in the second?

[@Ats0Cool]

+Benjamin Thomas That's because in the second formula it was SO3^2- and not SO4^2-

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What? Cool thanks