Q.Among the following which will not be hydrolysed ?
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Start your 14-day free trial to unlock the full solution →A salt hydrolyses only if it comes from a weak acid and/or a weak base; sodium chloride (strong acid + strong base) is the only option among the four whose ions do not react with water.
Salt hydrolysis is the reaction of a salt's constituent ion(s) with water to regenerate the (weak) parent acid or base, altering the solution's pH. Sodium chloride is the salt of a strong acid (HCl) and a strong base (NaOH); neither nor has any appreciable tendency to react with water (their conjugate acid/base, NaOH and HCl, are both fully dissociated strong electrolytes), so NaCl solutions remain neutral — it does not hydrolyse. Sodium formate (from weak formic acid + strong NaOH) hydrolyses to give a basic solution, since the formate ion accepts a proton from …
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