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

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

If the of acetic acid and of dimethylamine are and respectively, the of dimethyl ammonium acetate solution is

Which among the following produces a basic aqueous solution?

of weak monoacidic base at is titrated with in water at . The concentration of at equivalence point is at .

If the blood contains and , what is the ratio of conjugate base to acid to maintain the of the blood equal to 7.4 ?
[Given: of

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

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

A sample containing a weak acid, (molecular weight) is dissolved in water and titrated with . When half of the acid was neutralised, the was found to be . At the equivalence point, the was . The weight percentage (purity) of in the sample is (Nearest integer)

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

Determine the of hydroxylamine hydrochloride solution. ( of hydroxyl amine is )


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


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

is a weak acid and 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

If the equilibrium constant of at is , therefore equilibrium constant for neutralisation of against strong acid is-


Dissociation constant of both and is at . The equilibrium constant for the reaction of and will be

A sample containing a weak acid (molecular weight ) is dissolved on water and titrated with . When half of the acid was neutralised, the was found to be and at the equivalence point, the is . Calculate the weight percentage of in the sample.
