{"id":5440,"date":"2022-07-02T08:18:21","date_gmt":"2022-07-02T08:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mdr.foobrdigital.com\/?p=5440"},"modified":"2022-07-02T08:18:21","modified_gmt":"2022-07-02T08:18:21","slug":"salts-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/2022\/07\/02\/salts-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Salts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Salts<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A salt is a combination of an anion of an acid and a cation of a base.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Examples \u2013 KCl, NaNO<sub>3&nbsp;<\/sub>,CaSO<sub>4<\/sub>, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Salts are usually prepared by the neutralisation&nbsp;reaction of an acid and a base.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Common salt<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Sodium Chloride (NaCl) is referred to as common salt because it\u2019s used all over the world for cooking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Family of salts<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Salts having the same cation or anion belong to the same family. For example, NaCl, KCl, LiCl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">pH of salts<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A salt of a strong acid and a strong base will be neutral in nature. pH = 7 (approx.).<br>A salt of a weak acid and a strong base will be basic in nature.&nbsp;pH &gt; 7.<br>A salt of a strong acid and a weak base will be acidic in nature. pH &lt; 7.<br>The pH of a salt of a weak acid and a weak base is determined by conducting a pH test.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Chemicals from common salt<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Sodium chloride is a common salt. NaCl is its molecular formula. The fundamental element in our meals is sodium chloride. It is used in our food as a flavour enhancer as well as a preservative.&nbsp;From&nbsp;common&nbsp;salt,&nbsp;we&nbsp;may&nbsp;make&nbsp;the&nbsp;following&nbsp;four&nbsp;compounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol><li>Sodium hydroxide or lye or caustic soda<\/li><li>Baking soda or sodium hydrogen carbonate or sodium bicarbonate<\/li><li>Washing soda or sodium carbonate decahydrate<\/li><li>Bleaching powder or calcium hypochlorite<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Preparation of Sodium hydroxide<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The strong base sodium hydroxide is a common and useful one. Preparing a solution of sodium hydroxide (NaOH) in water requires extra caution because the exothermic reaction releases a lot of heat. It\u2019s possible that the solution will spatter or boil. Here\u2019s how to manufacture a sodium hydroxide solution safely, as well as recipes for a variety of NaOH strengths.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Chemical formula \u2013 NaOH<br>Also known as \u2013 caustic soda<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn1.byjus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/600px-Chloralkali_membrane.svg_.png\" alt=\"600px Chloralkali membrane.svg\" class=\"wp-image-1804867\" title=\"600px Chloralkali membrane.svg\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Preparation (Chlor-alkali process):<\/strong><br>Electrolysis of brine (solution of common salt, NaCl) is carried out.<br>At anode: Cl<sub>2<\/sub>&nbsp;is released<br>At cathode: H<sub>2<\/sub>&nbsp;is released<br>Sodium hydroxide remains in the solution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Salts A salt is a combination of an anion of an acid and a cation of a base. Examples \u2013 KCl, NaNO3&nbsp;,CaSO4, etc. Salts are usually prepared by the neutralisation&nbsp;reaction of an acid and a base. Common salt Sodium Chloride (NaCl) is referred to as common salt because it\u2019s used all over the world for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[632],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5440"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5440\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}