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Question

Which one of the following salts gives aqueous solution which is weakly basic.

$NaHCO_{3}$

$NaHSO_{4}$

$NaCl$

$NH_{4}HCO_{3}$

Answer

$NaHCO_{3}$

Explanation

Solution

$\underset{\begin{aligned} & (\text{Salt of strong} \\ & \text{base \& weak} \\ & \text{acid}) \end{aligned}}{NaHCO_{3}} \rightarrow Na^{+} + \underset{OH^{-} + CO_{2}}{\underset{\downarrow}{HCO_{3}^{-}}}$

Question: Which one of the following salts gives aqueous solution which is weakly basic....

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