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Is the solution of each salt acidic, neutral or basic?

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Potassium sulphate, from sulphuric acid and potassium hydroxide.
Ammonium nitrate, from nitric acid and the weak base ammonium hydroxide.
Potassium carbonate, from the weak carbonic acid and potassium hydroxide.
Zinc sulphate, from sulphuric acid and the weak base zinc hydroxide.

Need a reminder? The key ideaShow

A salt has the positive ion of a base and the negative ion of an acid. Strong acid + strong base gives a neutral salt; strong acid + weak base, an acidic one; weak acid + strong base, a basic one. Electrolysis of brine gives NaOH, $\text{Cl}_2$ and $\text{H}_2$ .

The worked solution

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