{"id":29545,"date":"2025-06-21T05:58:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T05:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/?p=29545"},"modified":"2025-06-21T05:58:01","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T05:58:01","slug":"predict-whether-aqueous-solutions-of-the-following-compounds-are-acidic-basic-or-neutral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/predict-whether-aqueous-solutions-of-the-following-compounds-are-acidic-basic-or-neutral\/","title":{"rendered":"Predict whether aqueous solutions of the following compounds are acidic, basic, or neutral."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Predict whether aqueous solutions of the following compounds are acidic, basic, or neutral. compound K Br KOH NH<br>NO<br>solution is\u2026? acidic basic neutral acidic basic neutral acidic basic neutral<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"658\" height=\"410\" src=\"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-133.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-133.png 658w, https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/image-133-300x187.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 658px) 100vw, 658px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-vivid-cyan-blue-color\">The Correct Answer and Explanation is:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are the correct predictions for the aqueous solutions of the given compounds:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>KBr<\/strong>: neutral<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>KOH<\/strong>: basic<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>NH\u2084NO\u2083<\/strong>: acidic<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, let&#8217;s walk through why this is the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>KBr<\/strong> is potassium bromide, a salt formed from a strong base (KOH) and a strong acid (HBr). When dissolved in water, it completely dissociates into K\u207a and Br\u207b ions. Neither of these ions reacts with water to change its pH, so the resulting solution remains neutral.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>KOH<\/strong>, or potassium hydroxide, is a classic strong base. It fully dissociates in water to yield K\u207a and OH\u207b ions. The presence of OH\u207b ions increases the pH above 7, making the solution strongly basic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>NH\u2084NO\u2083<\/strong>, ammonium nitrate, is more nuanced. It is the salt of a weak base (NH\u2083, ammonia) and a strong acid (HNO\u2083, nitric acid). When NH\u2084NO\u2083 dissolves in water, it dissociates into NH\u2084\u207a and NO\u2083\u207b. The NH\u2084\u207a ion can donate a proton to water, forming NH\u2083 and H\u2083O\u207a. This reaction introduces extra hydrogen ions into the solution, reducing the pH and making the solution acidic. The NO\u2083\u207b ion, being the conjugate base of a strong acid, does not interact with water in a way that affects pH.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To sum it up: the behavior of a salt solution depends on the relative strengths of the parent acid and base from which it is derived. If both are strong, the solution is neutral. If the base is strong and the acid is weak, the solution is basic. If the base is weak and the acid is strong, the solution is acidic. This classification helps predict the chemical environment in which other reactions may take place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"852\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/learnexams-banner8-321.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-29547\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/learnexams-banner8-321.jpeg 852w, https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/learnexams-banner8-321-250x300.jpeg 250w, https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/learnexams-banner8-321-768x923.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 852px) 100vw, 852px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Predict whether aqueous solutions of the following compounds are acidic, basic, or neutral. compound K Br KOH NHNOsolution is\u2026? acidic basic neutral acidic basic neutral acidic basic neutral The Correct Answer and Explanation is: Here are the correct predictions for the aqueous solutions of the given compounds: Now, let&#8217;s walk through why this is the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-quiz-questions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29545"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29545\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29548,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29545\/revisions\/29548"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gaviki.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}