How to determine whether the solution becomes acidic, neutral or alkaline when the following substances are dissolved in clean water ? It should be explained with balanced reaction formulas what happens in the solutions. (i) SnCl4 (ii) Na2SO4

1 Answer
May 19, 2018

Well, #"stannic chloride"# will give an acidic solution....

Explanation:

#(i)# #SnCl_4(l) +2H_2O(l) rarr SnO_2(s) + 4HCl(aq)#

And #"sodium sulfate"# will undergo ionization....

#(ii)# #Na_2SO_4(s) stackrel(H_2O)rarr2Na^+ + SO_4^(2-)#