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Title: Salts that Yield Neutral Solutions
Post by: Jaccobtw on June 17, 2019, 11:42:52 AM

In my textbook, it says that the reaction:

HNO₃(l) + H₂O(l)  :rarrow: NO₃^- + H₃O⁺ yields a neutral solution. How can this be when H₃O⁺ is yielded? Should't it yield an acidic solution?

Same with this reaction:

NaOH(s) + H₂O  :rarrow: Na⁺ (aq) + OH^- (aq)

Shouldn't this yield a basic solution?

Title: Re: Salts that Yield Neutral Solutions
Post by: wildfyr on June 17, 2019, 11:47:03 AM

You are perfectly correct. Typo in book?

Title: Re: Salts that Yield Neutral Solutions
Post by: Jaccobtw on June 17, 2019, 02:10:18 PM

Maybe it meant the combination of these. "A salt consisting of the anion of a strong acid and the cation of a strong base yields a neutral solution [because neither ion reacts with water]"

Title: Re: Salts that Yield Neutral Solutions
Post by: hypervalent_iodine on June 17, 2019, 06:50:30 PM

Would they not be talking about electrical / charge neutrality as opposed to pH?