Question

Salt hydrolysis of Ch3cooNa and Ch3CooNH4

Answer 1

Answer:

CH3COONa will show anionic hydrolysis while CH3COONH4 will show both cationic and anionic hydrolysis.

Explanation:

This concept is slightly tricky to grasp. One easy method to determine the type of hydrolysis that will occur is to check if the salt involves a strong base or acid.

A salt involving a strong base( and weak acid), for eg. sodium acetate will undergo anionic hydrolysis,

while a salt involving a strong acid( and weak base), for eg. ammonium chloride will undergo cationic hydrolysis.

If a salt has both weak acid and weak base, it undergoes both types of hydrolysis.

Hope it helps!