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Which of the following solutions will be neutral?

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a

100 ml of 0.1 MCH3COOH + 50 ml of 0.2 MNH3 

b

50 ml of 0.1 MCH3COOH + 50 ml of 0.1MNaOH 

c

50 ml of 0.1 M HCl + 50 ml of 0.1 MNH3

d

100 ml of 0.1 M HCl + 50 ml of 0.2 M KOH

answer is B, C.

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Detailed Solution

(A) 50×0.1=5m mol of CH3COOH will neutralize completely 50×0.1=5m mol of NaOH  to form CH3COONa and water. But acetate ion (being strong conjugate base of the weak acid CH3COOH ) of the salt hydrolyses to give basic solution. CH3COO+H2OCH3COO+OH(pH>7)

(B) 100 x 0.1 =10 m mol of CH3COOH and 50×0.2=10 m mol of NH3 will neutralize each other completely to give CH3COONH4. Both anion and cation of the salt hydrolyse equally (Ka=1.8×105;Kb=1.8×105) to give neutral solution. CH3COO+NH4++H2OCH3COOH+NH4OH(pH=7)

(C) 100×0.1=10 m mol of HCl and 5.0×0.2=10 m mol of KOH neutralize each other completely to give KCl. Neither K+ ion (weak acid) nor Cl ion (weak base) hydrolyse (pH=7 )

(D) 50×0.1=5 m mol of HCl and 50×0.1=5 m mol of NH3 neutralize one another completely. However, the cation (NH4+ion) of the salt hydrolyses to give acidic solution. NH4++H2ONH3+H3O+(pH<7)

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