Determine if each salt will form a solution that is acidic, basic, or pH-neutral. e. C6H5NH3NO2

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Hey everyone today, we're being asked to determine if ammonium sulfate or NH 42, S. 04 would form an acidic, neutral or basic solution when it's dissolved in water. So first things first, when ammonium sulfate is put into water and dissolved, it would dissociate into two main ions. As shown here, We have NH four and age four two, S. 04 Would associate in two to ammonium ions. NH four plus. And so that here and the sulfate ion And so 4 -. So let's take a look at each of these, starting with ammonium. So Ammonium or NH four plus Is the conjugate acid of the week base Ammonia or NH three. And we can see this through a simple reaction If NH four plus or to react to the water. Thank you. Plus H20 what point we would get ammonia? NH three and hydro ni um Or H plus, ammonium except electrons, meaning that it is a lewis acid and and each four plus would be acidic. So that is our first I hunt for sulfate and so forth. To minus. However, it is the an ion From the strong acid of sulfuric acid, H two, s. 04. So H two s. 04. Its conjugate base after reaction would end up as as so four two minus now, since hydro sulfuric acid is a very strong acid, that means its conjugate base will be neutral simply by nature. So that means s. is neutral. It is not acidic or basic. Thus, since sulfate is neutral And NH four would be a basic cat or, sorry, acidic Catalan. That means that ammonium sulfate would form an acidic solution when dissolved in water. I hope this helps, and I look forward to seeing you in the next one.