Is the salt NH4CH3COO Acidic, Basic or Neutral?

2 Answers

• Neutral

  when you hydrolyze this salt, both nh4+ and ch3coo- will hydrolyzed

  ka value of ch3cooh is 1.8×10^-5

  kb values of nh4oh is 1.8×10^-5 too

  the basic principle is, for a salt that fully hydrolyzed, if the ka value of acid ion is larger than the kb value of basic ion, the salt is acidic, and vice versa

  but when the ka value and the kb value is equal, then the salt is neutral

  since the ka value of ch3coo- and the kb value of nh4+ is the same, this salt is neutral

  hope this helps..

• It is Acidic 🙂