Identify the following salts as neutral, acidic, or basic. Drag each item to the appropriate bin. LiF SrBr2 NH4CN NH4Br KCN NH4ClO4 LiNO3

Neutral salts, Acidic salts, Basic salts

Classification of salts

Acidic salts

NH4Br

NH4ClO4

both of these have NH4+ which hydrolyze to give H+ in solution and thus acidic

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Basic salts

NH4CN

LiF

KCN

All these have conjugate anion (CN-, F-, CN-) which upon hydrolysis produce OH- in solution and thus basic

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Neutral salts

SrBr2

LiNO3

both of these are made of strong base and strong acid and hence the pH of these are 7.