acidic basic or neutral?
The Ka for haloweenic acid is 1.7 x 10^-4; the Kb for ammonia is 1.8 x 10^-5. Is the salt ammonium haloweenate acidic, basic, or neutral? Why?
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It is acidic because the Ka value is greater than the Kb value. As in 10^-4 is greater than 10^-5. Hope this helps.
Neutral because base has nutralized the acid and the end product is neither acid nor base