Salt Hydrolysis

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Salt Hydrolysis: Overview

This Topic covers sub-topics such as Salt Hydrolysis, Hydrolysis of Different Types of Salts, Derivation of pH for Hydrolysis of a Salt of a Weak Acid with a Strong Base and, Derivation of pH for Hydrolysis of a Salt of a Weak Acid with a Weak Base

Important Questions on Salt Hydrolysis

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Which of the following salts will give a basic solution on hydrolysis? 

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Which of the following salts with a concentration 0.1M will give a basic solution?

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If the pKa of acetic acid and pKb of dimethylamine are 4.76 and 3.26 respectively, the pH of dimethyl ammonium acetate solution is

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Which among the following produces a basic aqueous solution?

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2.5 mL of 25M weak monoacidic base (Kb=1×10-12 at 25C) is titrated with 215M HCl in water at  25°C.  The concentration of H+ at equivalence point is (Kw =1×10-14 at 25C).

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If the blood contains CO2 and HCO3-, what is the ratio of conjugate base HCO3- to acid H2CO3 to maintain the pH of the blood equal to 7.4 ?

[Given: pKa1 of H2CO3=6.4]

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Which of the following salts with a concentration 0.1M will give a basic solution?

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Which of the following salts will give a basic solution on hydrolysis? 

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A 1.025 g sample containing a weak acid, HX (molecular weight=82 g mol-1) is dissolved in 60 mL water and titrated with 0.25 M NaOH. When half of the acid was neutralised, the pH was found to be 5.0. At the equivalence point, the pH was 9.0. The weight percentage (purity) of HX in the sample is (Nearest integer)

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Aqueous solution of AlCl3 is acidic towards litmus while of NaCl is not. The correct reason behind this is

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Determine the pH of 0.024 M hydroxylamine hydrochloride solution. ( Kb of hydroxyl amine is 10-8 )

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A solution of CuSO4 is

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Ammonium acetate which is 0.01 M, is hydrolysed to 0.001 M concentration. Calculate the change in pH in 0.001 M solution, if initially pH=pKa

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pH of 0.05 M CH3COO2Ca is -  

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The degree of hydrolysis of which of the following salt is independent of the concentration of salt solution ?

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HA is a weak acid and BOH is a weak base. For which of the following salts the extent of hydrolysis is independent on the concentration of the salt in its aqueous solution

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If the equilibrium constant of BOH B+ + OH at 25°C is 2.5 × 106 , therefore equilibrium constant for neutralisation of BOH against strong acid HCl is-

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A solution of CuSO4 is

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Dissociation constant of both CH3COOH and NH4OH is 1.8 × 105 at 25°C. The equilibrium constant for the reaction of CH3COOH and NH4OH will be

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A 1.025 g sample containing a weak acid HA (molecular weight =82) is dissolved on 60 mL water and titrated with 0.25 M NaOH. When half of the acid was neutralised, the pH was found to be 5.0 and at the equivalence point, the pH is 9.0. Calculate the weight percentage of HA in the sample.