19.5: Salts in Solution

A salt consists of a cation and an anion, an anion from ......................

• a base

• an acid

A salt consists of a cation and an anion, a cation from ......................

• a base

• an acid

pH at the equivalence point for the weak acid-strong base titration is ..............................

• neutral

• acidic

• basic

The pH at the equivalence point for the strong acid-weak base titration is ..............................

• neutral

• acidic

• basic

The pH at the equivalence point for the strong acid-strong base titration is ..............................

• neutral

• acidic

• basic

In salt hydrolysis, the cations or anions of a dissociated salt remove hydrogen ions from, or donate hydrogen ions to, water.

• True

• False

Salts that produce ....................................... solutions have ......................... ions that release hydrogen ions to water.

• acidic/positive

• basic/positive

• acidic/negative

Salts that produce ....................................... solutions have ......................... ions that attract hydrogen ions from water.

• acidic/positive

• basic/positive

• basic/negative

............................... is a solution in which the pH remains fairly constant when small amounts of acid or base are added.

• A buffer

• A catalyst

• An indicator

A buffer is a solution of a strong acid and one of its salts or a solution of a strong base and one of its salts.

• True

• False