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Acid and Base Properties of Salts
Which of the following salts, when dissolved in water, at 25ºC, cause a change in pH? If there is a
pH change, will the pH be above or below 7? Write a hydrolysis reaction that illustrates the cause of
the pH change. Calculate the pH if 2.0 g of the salt is dissolved in 100 ml of water.
Equilibrium Constants
a. barium chloride, BaCl2 (208.2 g/mol) Ka or Kb as appropriate for
the listed substance.
HCN Ka = 3.5 ×10−4
HF Ka = 3.5 ×10−4
HC2H3O2 Ka = 1.8 ×10−5
Al3+ Ka = 1.5 ×10−5
NH3 Kb = 1.8 ×10−5
(C2H5)2NH Kb = 1.3 ×10−3
K’s for H3PO4
Ka1 7.5 ×10−3
Ka2 6.2 ×10−8
Ka3 4.2 ×10−13
b. ammonium perchlorate, NH4ClO4 (117.492 g/mol)

c. sodium cyanide, NaCN (49.01 g/mol)

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d. ammonium nitrate, NH4NO3 (80.052 g/mol) Equilibrium Constants

Ka or Kb as appropriate for
the listed substance.
HCN Ka = 3.5 ×10−4
HF Ka = 3.5 ×10−4
HC2H3O2 Ka = 1.8 ×10−5
Al3+ Ka = 1.5 ×10−5
NH3 Kb = 1.8 ×10−5
(C2H5)2NH Kb = 1.3 ×10−3
K’s for H3PO4
Ka1 7.5 ×10−3
e. potassium acetate, KC2H3O2 (98.144 g/mol) Ka2 6.2 ×10−8
Ka3 4.2 ×10−13

f. diethylamide bromide, (C2H5)2NH2Br (154.046 g/mol)

g. aluminum perchlorate, Al(ClO4)3 (325.33 g/mol)